No. She is trying to appeal the decision to begin termination of her custodial rights to the baby. The hearing for this appeal is set for the 23rd of this month (2 wks away); no one mentioned a appellate attorney; the one she has now WILL NOT respond to her requests for help. The reason this decision was made at a hearing on the 18th of April, was because my granddaughter missed that hearing due to having the wrong date given to her by the attorney. She made many attempts to contact the attorney before the hearing date to see if they could meet. She had been calling and emailing the attorney, way back then, and still is to this date with no response. Her telephone number has changed several times, and the one we have now is answered by a part - time employee who is very apologetic, but seems as frustrated as we are. The only time we have every seen or heard from her is at the hearings. She has never offered any assistance. Also, since there have been 5 different case workers on this file since last June (2015), there are many missing records proving my granddaughter's attendance and completion of all courses and parenting classes required by CPS. We needed the attorney to subpoena these records, as the private contracting company in charge of providing parent aides for her visits with the baby, and these classes told my granddaughter only CPS or her attorney could get them by that means only. That is the main reason we are trying to get her to help us. We cannot find out how long this process takes, or what will occur at the appeal hearing. We have no one to go to. I was told today, that since it's Juvenile court, we can only speak to the judge to request different counsel when we are at the next hearing. However, will it be too late then? If the attorney has not obtained the proof to verify the completion of these classes, how can the appeal be granted? I hope you can see what we are trying to find out here. It's really complicated - I'm sorry. But, again, thank you for your attention.

