The state does not take children easily.
He had a period of time to follow the plan for getting his child back. Is it a year? Why did he not follow the plan?
Of course I do not know his legal team of attorneys, CPS, but in other situations where parents are on a plan, the state goes overboard, in mynopinion, to reunite the child and parents.
Foster care is huge money and finding foster parents is tough. The state really tries to avoid spending the money for foster care, IMO
There is a lot to this story. Mom was put into incarceration when the baby was six months old? What was happening in those six months?
I don't think most anyone can argue this child had far from the perfect life nor any lucky breaks, just the opposite in fact. I do think the bio dad has regrets and at least faced his mistakes, seems to admit them, although I doubt we have the entire story from anyone.
I do think Christmas Day is an odd and cruel time to take a child short of a major incident and maybe there was such. There is much we do not know. While I think you are right and parental rights are not generally easily taken away, there has been overreach at times. Maybe meant with the right intentions... As stated, isn't the hope and intent to keep a child if not with parents, with family if it can be done, and she was with her grandparents? I do remember something back when of remarks that she had been with a couple of different grandparents and they could not handle her. I forget where that came from and in no way know it to be true but I read it on this site. She would not have been very old at the time though so I stress that I am unsure if that is true but it was said.
There is I am sure more to the story, none of which can be changed. She definitely did not have a perfect childhood, far from it.
I believe him for the most part, just my instinct. That, however, does not mean we have heard all or that there is not regret.
I am glad people are stepping forward for this child. If by some chance she is miraculously alive, I hope she gets to see just how many care about her.
I do not disagree with you, I am just where I do not know yet and we may never know... It appears her mom could have made different choices, her dad could have, her then adoptive mom could have not dropped out of her life, adoptive dad could have not pretty quickly upon adoption been with a new younger woman, etc. All speculation but these are things that we do know. Then she is in a home who knows the history and she goes missing.
It also sounds like she was in double digits of foster homes once she was taken from her grandparents on Christmas Day to when she was adopted... Not sure that is better unless the grandparent situation was so bad... I doubt it but who knows...
It seems to me that when one looks at the history, maybe making an effort to keep her with the grandparents unless there was a solid reason not to may have been the better choice because she certainly was not removed and then found some perfect life...
ETA: Always just my opinion.
MOO
