Posted on 11/10/2007 7:30:46 AM PST by Inspectorette
I want him to stay with the Brandts too, the mother has as much say in the matter as I do. Which is none.
So this little boy is still considered a foster child or has the couple legally adopted him?
He’s a foster child, but the Brandts want to adopt him. He’s a beautiful, happy little boy.
But, but...I thought American citizen children HAD to be kept here at all costs, regardless. Is abuela going to get the support checks sent to her in Mexico? Or are they going to give abuela papers so she can come here and take care of this poor child?
Oh, sure. Send an American citizen out of the country to live with strangers and a convicted sex offender. Brilliant. DHS and CPS is so messed up in their thinking is it any wonder I got fed up with them and quit.
This is true, therefore we can count on being treated to the TV spectacle of this little boy being forcibly torn from this family's arms as the state comes to take him away. Have no doubt that the entire Portland media will be there to salivate over the heartwrenching scene
Abuela is just THRILLED about little Gabriel coming to live with here. Of course, the $400 a month checks from the State of Oregon has NOTHING to do with it. (sarc)
“...but in adoption matters blood ties can trump a lot.”
I guess some government bodies don’t perceive the irony that they
operate on a principle of “blood”...
after we fought a World War with a power that was obssessed with people’s
“blood lines”.
It sounds like the parents don’t want to give the child up for adoption, which means the child will remain a foster child and the parents can retrieve him if they ever get their lives back on track.
If the parents had let go, then the grandmother would have no say in preventing an adoption by the Brandts.
I wonder if there is something legal that says the parents are incompetent at this point to make a decision about giving the child up for adoption ? Or if they just want the child to be fostered here in America so they can swoop in at some later date ?
It doesn’t sound like the Brandts are going to have a happy ending to this.
Congressman Billybob
It's not going to be a happy ending for little Gabriel, either.
This has been splashed all over the Portland media. Even the liberal "Oregonian" has come out in favor of letting the Brandts adopt little Gabriel.
I hope this story goes national. Lars Larson is all over it, and he was the one who suggested that people contribute to a legal fund for the Brandts. He made it a point to say that it was not the Brandts who had initiated the fund.
When you leave a child with someone for 2 years since infancy, you have allowed the tending family to be imprinted upon the child. To remove them at this stage is in itself cruel and abusive. There should be a time limit as to how long a child can remain in foster care before the parental rights are dissolved in the best interest of the child. But I forgot...although they are supposed to be acting in the best interest of the child too often they protect the rights of the so called adults who put the child into this situation. Another no brainer...and people with no brains.
They’re trying to adopt him, since both biological parents have had their rights severed. But the state, in all its wisdom, thinks the baby is better off in a third world country.
“The decision was based on family and cultural ties, and they count for a lot in this situation,” said department spokeswoman Ann Snyder.
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Cultural ties? Doesn’t the boy’s American half get any weight here? Is Oregon’s DHS going to be going by the one drop rule, next?
Mrs VS
Oregon Ping
Insane! But that’s Oregon for ya.
There are a few points that need to be made.
The father (sperm donor) is an illegal alien, who has been convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, and dealing in meth. He has stated that he will return to his mother’s home when he is deported.
The grandmother knew about Gabriel for at least a year, but made no effort to contact either him or the foster parents. I suspect she heard from her convict son that she could get a $400/month check for bringing Gabriel into her home.
Oregon DHS has never interviewed the grandmother. Oregon DHS has never visted the grandmother’s home.
This whole situation makes me so angry.
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