Lots of confusion, please help.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:16 pm
Hi all,
My God children are currently in foster care under an interim care order. They are 1 and 2 and SS are wanting an adoption order, final court is in 2 weeks. Mum wants them either back with her or for the three of them to come and live with me. Dad is out of the picture.
I had a negative viability assessment to be their SGO (either with or without mum) and appealed it (was full of falsities and the reasons given were very weak) at the IRH and the judge ordered another one be done. This was done a week ago and Im still waiting to hear but it was done by a SW from the same team and she had the previous viability assessment in front of her and checked it a few times during the assessment. This whole scenario worries me and Im not feeling confident about a positive result. If it is negative again I know I can appeal but does this mean I have no chance or can I still put myself forward to the judge as an option?
We found out the other day that Mum coming with the children to live with me has been ruled out as an option in court at IRH. We were not present for this as had gone to get food and were told by mums solicitor she would call us if we were needed. Mum is not in agreement with this and did not consent to her solicitor to agree to this.....this surely cant be allowed? Her solicitor is a nightmare to get hold of and she has many questions and issues but never gets a response from her.
One problem we are facing is that SS are saying the children show no attachment to their mother. I view this differently. They claim they have never shown any distress at separation but mum says that she was advised to leave the room without them realising at contact to reduce the distress. Contact reports are not documenting any distress. I think having the main contact supervisor come into court as a witness will be really helpful for her case. Does anyone know if this is allowed? There are other professionals who are no longer involved that would have needed evidence that have not been contacted as well. Very frustrating the solicitor isnt doing much and we have very little time left. Can mum contact these people herself and ask that they write statements and/or attend court? Sorry for so many questions, the system is such a ridiculous circus....I cant quite believe what Ive seen!!
Many Thanks for any help and advice
My God children are currently in foster care under an interim care order. They are 1 and 2 and SS are wanting an adoption order, final court is in 2 weeks. Mum wants them either back with her or for the three of them to come and live with me. Dad is out of the picture.
I had a negative viability assessment to be their SGO (either with or without mum) and appealed it (was full of falsities and the reasons given were very weak) at the IRH and the judge ordered another one be done. This was done a week ago and Im still waiting to hear but it was done by a SW from the same team and she had the previous viability assessment in front of her and checked it a few times during the assessment. This whole scenario worries me and Im not feeling confident about a positive result. If it is negative again I know I can appeal but does this mean I have no chance or can I still put myself forward to the judge as an option?
We found out the other day that Mum coming with the children to live with me has been ruled out as an option in court at IRH. We were not present for this as had gone to get food and were told by mums solicitor she would call us if we were needed. Mum is not in agreement with this and did not consent to her solicitor to agree to this.....this surely cant be allowed? Her solicitor is a nightmare to get hold of and she has many questions and issues but never gets a response from her.
One problem we are facing is that SS are saying the children show no attachment to their mother. I view this differently. They claim they have never shown any distress at separation but mum says that she was advised to leave the room without them realising at contact to reduce the distress. Contact reports are not documenting any distress. I think having the main contact supervisor come into court as a witness will be really helpful for her case. Does anyone know if this is allowed? There are other professionals who are no longer involved that would have needed evidence that have not been contacted as well. Very frustrating the solicitor isnt doing much and we have very little time left. Can mum contact these people herself and ask that they write statements and/or attend court? Sorry for so many questions, the system is such a ridiculous circus....I cant quite believe what Ive seen!!
Many Thanks for any help and advice