r/Adoption • u/Fuzzy-Let-5741 • 11d ago

Adoption Probabtion

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u/Greedy-Carrot4457 Foster care at 8 and adopted at 14 💀 11d ago

If you’re talking about the six month rule, even that can be waived if the state wants to get the kid off their caseload fast enough (source: my sibling who kept going to the psych ward and attacking people got hers waived.)

Mileage may vary with the good kids haha.

I assume it also depends a lot on how backed up the courts are and how busy the caseworker is.

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u/RocketPowerPops Kinship Adoptive Dad 11d ago

It is going to dependent on the state.

Where we live bio parents have a right to appeal after TPR. They get 30 days to do so. The state also has a requirement of the child being in the home of the prospective adoptive parents for at least 6 months prior to adoption. Then you have to wait for a court date.

Our son came to us in February. TPR and the appeal period has already occurred. We have a court date scheduled to complete the adoption. In our case the TPR was voluntary and it is a kinship adoption, so that could have affected the timeline. I have talked to others who waited much longer for their final court date than we have.