The State might be announcing its intent to terminate Henry's mom's parental rights soon. Soon-ish. An expert needs to present a report to the court regarding the mom's completion of her case plan. If the report says what everyone is expecting it to say, then the State will announce its goal of terminating parental rights for Susannah and Henry. If the report doesn't say what everyone expects... I don't even know what happens. No one has discussed that with me.
Once the goal of termination is announced, it will take "about a month" (which probably means two or three months, but maybe I'm just being bitter, having lived within the foster care system for several years now) before the hearing is set and the case is presented. Then the hearing happens. Then we wait for the judge to make a decision. Technically, the judge is supposed to make a decision within 60 days of the end of the hearing. However, I know for a fact that this judge sometimes takes longer than 60 days... so 3 months? 4 months until a decision is reached?
If we have a decision regarding Henry's mom's parental rights before the end of September, I'll be surprised. Best case scenario is mid-July. But I'm thinking end of November is more realistic.
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