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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 8471"><p>I know the feeling but you will get through this. One of my kids' adoptions didn't go through for 3 months because potential birthfathers called the judge enquiring about custody. It's heart wrenching. </p><p></p><p>I think the fact that she's in rehab gives you a better chance of her going through with this. In rehab she's got therapists around to remind her that she really can't handle a baby now. There's a sense of sanity rather than chaos around her now which should help her thinking. </p><p></p><p>In terms of the legal aid lawyer... I know it's a gamble. Yes, that lawyer has the obligation to go over all the facts with her and tell her that she doesn't have to sign it if she doesn't want to. But they're not blind. They can see the situation. It's my understanding that this is only temporary guardianship you're getting so nothing is carved in stone. The Legal Aid people might push her if it were permanent surrender but this is something that can be changed later. They know she's in rehab, it's obvious that it's in everyone's best interest that the baby be with you, at least until she gets out of rehab.</p><p></p><p>I'd say try not to worry but I know how impossible that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 8471"] I know the feeling but you will get through this. One of my kids' adoptions didn't go through for 3 months because potential birthfathers called the judge enquiring about custody. It's heart wrenching. I think the fact that she's in rehab gives you a better chance of her going through with this. In rehab she's got therapists around to remind her that she really can't handle a baby now. There's a sense of sanity rather than chaos around her now which should help her thinking. In terms of the legal aid lawyer... I know it's a gamble. Yes, that lawyer has the obligation to go over all the facts with her and tell her that she doesn't have to sign it if she doesn't want to. But they're not blind. They can see the situation. It's my understanding that this is only temporary guardianship you're getting so nothing is carved in stone. The Legal Aid people might push her if it were permanent surrender but this is something that can be changed later. They know she's in rehab, it's obvious that it's in everyone's best interest that the baby be with you, at least until she gets out of rehab. I'd say try not to worry but I know how impossible that is. [/QUOTE]
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