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I did foster care briefly. Children were in my care after mom was charged with a crime and in jail awaiting trial. One of the kids needed a medical authorizat
by hermannj314 5y ago
I did foster care briefly. Children were in my care after mom was charged with a crime and in jail awaiting trial.
One of the kids needed a medical authorization approved by the parent so I naively waltz into the local jail and say, "I have a piece of paper for so-and-so to review and sign"
Oh boy, they laughed and laughed at me. You idiot, only lawyers can do that. And her lawyer for her criminal case isn't going to be here for awhile. They said we could talk to her for like $10/min on a video conference system (she still couldn't sign anything) I was like, yeah but I am here face to face, they laughed again. That isn't safe. Only lawyers can talk face to face, you must talk through a video chat system located on site for a nominal fee.
Screw this. So we played the song and dance that involves shuffling papers to court appointed lawyers, waiting several weeks, and this latency made every tiny insignificant element of us providing the best care to these children absolutely impossible.
We quit foster care after 3 months.
- watwut 5y agoI think this is also fault of courts/foster system that did not appointed person able to sign and put the kid into impossible situation.
- shadilay 5y agoThis seems an awful lot like a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist.
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