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Originally Posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
That's almost impossible, though. I know of cases where the mother was physically abusive AND was in recovery for a drug problem and they still didn't take her kids.
The courts are just really reticent to split up families, especially when it means taking on a new ward of the state.
What would be more likely to happen is the appeals process & everything would drag on forever, and the kids would be in foster care all that time, and by the time Mom finally gave up or there was a solid decision made the kids would be too old to be easily adopted.
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She's in California, so the laws are different than they are in Texas, but your last paragraph is essentially correct. The process would drag on forever and the children would remain in foster care (provided they had been removed in the first place and not voluntarily placed by the mother with relatives or friends) while the case was pending. Add to it the fact that there's a sperm donor too, here, so until it's clearly established, in court, that he has waived all rights to the children, all hearings will be conducted as though he does have parental rights. It's all very, very complicated.
If she ever does something that causes the state of California- or whatever state she's living in at the time- to remove those children from her, she will be in for a very rude awakening about the government systems that've been helping her so far.
Edit: I'll throw in fifty bucks for the Meanie t-shirt fund!