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Hilary, I'm so sorry!!! This is one of those times when it makes one want to follow the example of Star Trek, and say "Beam me up Scotty, there is no intelligent life on this Planet"!! just me, Marjorie At 01:53 PM 09/19/2000 -0400, you wrote: >dear ivan, >and any other interested list members > >i have just received a letter from my lawyer. in it he states " it will be >very difficult to have a plan other than permanent foster care approved given >the timeframe in which Jessica has been in a return to home plan" > in other words >our time has run out. >we have tried to keep the options open > for jessica (my youngest daughter) to return home, >but virginia law >just doesn't allow the possibility. > She has been in limbo for too long. >she is in an after school program >which is only available to kids in foster care, >nobody can explain why this is so, >it would make far more sense >if she went to school >from my house in the morning, > then to this program, >and then came home in the evening. >But no , to be in compliance with me regulation or other. > she has to stay in a foster home, >with a family of a different religion, > a mother who is older than me >and quite preoccupied with her menopause. >And she is only allowed to see me >every other weekend, >Thank heavens for small mercies - >this has just been extended to the whole weekend. >So what can i do >but breathe a deep sigh of regret and resignation >and thank all those who have helped me fight >and learn to accept that >my daughter's teenage years >will be spent with somebody else's mother >except for every other weekend.