Birth Father showed up to court really late, but that didn't even matter because we didn't get into court until about 30 minutes after the "posted time" anyways.
It was awkward seeing the Birth Father this time... Usually we small talk, but there was so much tension between him & the "rest of us" (GAL, Case Manager, Liscensing Worker, AG). Everyone wants the case to "end" with Little Guy finding permanency & it's just drawing out.
As much as I sympathize with Birth Parents that have their children in foster care, it becomes difficult when the parents are not doing services and aren't doing anything to get their child back. At this point, I just wish the "best interest" of Little Guy was taken into consideration by his Birth Parents. He's been in care since he was born, he's happy, he's doing really well. There's really no progress they've made and severance of parental rights is imminent...
This was a Report & Review / Pretrial. The case plan is staying the same: Severance/Adoption.
Next R&R / Pre-Trial is April 28 and the trial is still scheduled for May 27.
The judge loved seeing pictures of Little Guy. Our judge is also changing going forward, as current judge is retiring.
Can't really say more due to confidentiality... But was really disappointed how slowly things have gone in this case. For Little Guy not to have any permanency STILL is frustrating. He will not have any permanency until late this year... When he's 20 months old maybe? Ugh.
Some good that happened is that no additional relatives have shown up. The relative that they were looking at is no longer interested in taking him due to financial reasons. Also, the judge denied a major request that would have been pretty hard on Little Guy if granted.
I guess I expected nothing major to happen. But was hoping for something more on the progress towards permanency...
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