Visitation Rights When a Child is Placed With a Guardian Due to Parents' Addiction

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Quoting Mercy&Grace

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If you signed over temporary guardianship on your own, how did the state get involved?

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What can sometimes happen in a situation like this is for CPS to propose that, instead of having the parents go through protective proceedings, they agree to allow a responsible relative to become guardian. That doesn't necessarily mean that protective proceedings won't follow, but if things work out they can become unnecessary.

When somebody is appointed guardian with the consent of the parents, absent compelling reasons not to do so, the court will order visitation. If the parents attempt to end the guardianship before they are able to provide a stable home, depending on the nature of the guardianship the court may deny the motion; if the court cannot, then the state can initiate protective proceedings and seek to formally remove the children from the parents' home.

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Quoting scote266

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I keep saying i WILL get my kids back december first, because i will fight tooth and nail...

Dogmaique that was supposed to say they keep saying i will not get my kids back come december 1st. But i will fight tooth and nail to get them back.. (as in the guardians are saying this). I have auto correct and this phone isnt the best..nice and cheap..and the judge decided eho the kids go to i completly understand this..and only reason why i have to do anger management is becase dcf and the temp guardiana are trying to use my past against me..mind you when i was in dcf care i was 7 years old..so they are tryinh to use me being 7 against me. Some people say they cant but im not taking any chances..but we have done everythinh dcf has asked ys to do, but the only person thar is making it really hard is the girl who has my youngest daughter..i talled with dcf earlier and theu said that we are doing great and that we are doing everythinh properly and they are writing a letter for us to give to the judge..and dcf is just monitorinh the case right now...they cant make any decisions..also my husband is doing anger managment because we both said that whatever class him or i take the other person will take ot also eveb if they dont need it..its so the people who have our kids cant say anythinh or use anything against us..one of the girls who has one of our kids lied while under oath p the judge..and we have proof thar se lied..and its so sad that its all coming down to this, i have tried to talk with them and work things out wbut they have no interest. Also i know how people lool at us drug addicts..people look at us like we are pieces of poop..they judge us befre they know us..being an addict is not something i planned or asked for..i swore to myswlf i would never because of my mother and father..but i did stuff recreationally and then one day that was it..i know what i did wrong and i regret everything ive ever done, but i cant sit here and feel guilth because that wont make things better..i have toget up and keep pushing forward abd make my lifr better for myself and my kids..one day at a time..alot of things have been said about us especialy by the people who have our kids..but they also themselves are recovering addicts..

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Also i told a friend of mine that i wanted help and i needed help getting clean..hr was a mandated reporter so he had to call dcd..thats how they got involved..to me its a blessing in disguise because honestly if things didnt happen the way they did, i wouldnt be were i am today..

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I think you have a very, very long road ahead of you.

My DCF worker said that they cant just remove the kids, they ave to go in front of the judge and show evidence on why the kids are not safe..she said she would have to call all my provisers if the providers pretty much have nothijg but good things to say then they will ave no evidence to remove the kids and if our providers expressed concern then they would step in..thats what they said to us..but we havde really good letters from all our providers right now so even if we did get the kids back they coukdnt remove them they said

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Dcf didnt allow us to give the kids to our friends..we did it before they were actaually involved . Because we knew it would be the best thing. These people promised they wouldnt do half the stuff they are doing now..they tried telling dcf we are getting high but we have proof we are not and we also are waiting on our hair follicle tests to come in

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Also, dcf is only keeping the case open because they just want to monior us and the kids to make sure we are doing he right thing, but because they didnt remove the kids, they cant tell the guardians what to do, they can give reccomondations..but they cant be like you hve to do this.

Oh believe me, just because you "voluntarily" handed off the kids doesn't mean that DCF lacks the ability to swoop in if they think those kids are going to be once more at risk.

I'm sorry hon, but in my opinion - based solely on what you've said here - you're not ready.

Okay hun, can you please tell my your opinion on why you think im not ready for me to take my kids back?

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I know they can swoop on and take them, but they told us that they wouldnt do that because we are not doing anything, we are doing everything on our service plan and our hair follicle came back and it was clean..we just got it back today, and dcf said they cant remove the kids the day we got them back, they would have to go in frony of a judge and he would have to say yes or no..but my dcf worker said that they would need evidence..this is what my dcf worker said..ao um going by everything they say..everything i tell you is something ive been told by the lawyer of the day pr dcf..and the people who have our kids..but dcf did say not to believe whatthey say unless its from dcf :)