That's the word we got around 11:30am yesterday. Court, for the sixth time, has been continued. There have been a million reasons in the past (we need a different judge, we need a different attorney, inadequate council, and so on and so forth). This time: a family member from the other side wasn't at court. I believe the judge is fed up. I know DHR fought hard to continue on with the trial but it didn't happen. The judge rescheduled for late October and said there would be no more continuations. Court would happen that day no matter who was absent and that there would only be one day of court. They will just continue on with the trial "even if it lasts until midnight" as the girl's counselor told me yesterday.
We are tired. Frustrated. Losing faith in this system. We know that we are just another case number to most everyone involved but this is our life. Our family.
Despite it all I've been given the fuel I need to move forward and to continue fighting and being an advocate for our family. We will have two meetings with the girl's attorney before court (not DHR's attorney although there is one of those too...but the girl's attorney...I didn't even know this person existed until two days ago...live and learn). One of those meetings will be tomorrow.
We'll keep taking it a day at a time.
2 comments:
Thankfully at least the girls are in a safe and loving home.
I will pray it goes better, our case was just continued until october to...we are waiting for TPR as well.
Hang in there! Glad to hear the judge is fed up so it should happen in Oct. in that case. Are you refering to the GAL or an actual attorney for the girls? I have heard the GAL can be a real asset in TPR cases.
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