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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fostering to adopt process is underway.  I really do not like our agency (doesn't return calls, unhelpful, etc) and I would like to switch to another agency.  I have a placement in home.  The goal has been switched from reunification to adoption, but I think it will take awhile for the process to go through.  Can I switch agencies in this situation?[/quote]
Just out of interest, how old is the child, how long has he/she been in foster care and who/how do they determine the switch to adoption as a goal?[/quote]

Why does this matter?[/quote]
Curious to know what goes on behind the scenes.
What criteria they use to determine that family should not be reunited, how much power do they have. What if errors are made during the process.
Does the family have any rights after the decision to switch has been made[/quote]

there are lots of opportunities for the parents to share their side of the story and they are provided attorneys. A judge makes the decision to terminate rights and there is an appeals process. Takng away someone's right to parent is treated at least as seriously as convicting someone of a crime. This is generally good--it SHOULD be hard to separate children from their parents--but the process can be long. Some counties and states are much more pro-reunification and others are more pro-termination and adoption. And the pendulum swings, usually after a horrible case where a child is murdered by his or her biological or adoptive parents.[/quote]

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