Should a 7yr old in foster care since infancy be returned to her birth parents?
I’m not at all sure that this will be the best thing for the little girl. She must be at least partly aware of what’s going on, so the damage is already partially done. But when she is returned to her parents, this will very likely cause her separation issues for the rest of her life. I think that’s awful. But her parents have every right to have custody of their own child. I realize they gave her up thinking they were acting in her best interest, and I realize their current actions can be seen as selfish, but its their child and if they now believe they should be raising her, then I think they should be given permission to do so. It’s tragic no matter what, but life isn’t always easy.
The Hes did not give up their child for reasons of not wanting her. They gave her for temporary custody because of financial and legal problems at the time. They specifically chose foster care for that reason, because it was to be temporary. Now, although it has taken a great deal of time, they have finally reach the financial and legal stability needed to properly care for their child. Now, understandablly, they want her back. They have done everything they needed to do to care for this child from the beginning, and to work it out for her return, and now because they have grown to love the child too, the Bakers don’t want to give her back. This is understandable, but also unfair. It took great courage and love for the Hes to trust their baby in the hands of another couple, and our government, when they could not rightly provide for her well being in the beginning. This proves they want what is best for their child. They tried visiting the child at the Bakers house while they had tempo
The Bakers were ‘foster’ parents, not adoptive parents. This sounds like a ‘heartbreaker’ for all involved but the court ruling sounds fair. Anna Mae will be removed from the only parents she has known for all of her 7 years. The Bakers will lose a child they have certainly grown to love as their own. It sounds like Jack and Casey have been fighting for the return of their child for years. I do hope Jack & Casey have had contact with Anna Mae, visits and phone calls…and that they are not complete strangers to the poor child. I had not read anything about this case before, so don’t know the details of the circumstances surrounding Jack & Casey putting Anna Mae into the ‘foster care’ system….except the ones you mention. There is no ‘win-win’ here…My heart goes out to all of them…but it seems to be a fair decision.
