Marie\u00a0was five weeks old when she and her older brother were removed from their\u00a0mother’s care and placed into Amy’s home. They thrived under Amy’s care for two years, then the county attempted to reunify Marie\u00a0and her brother with their mother and a new baby brother. That placement failed, and the county attempted to place the three children in a new foster home. That placement failed also, and the children\u00a0were moved for the fourth time to a new foster home. Meanwhile, Amy was trying to offer a forever home to Marie. It became apparent that the placement disruptions had traumatic implications for Marie. That is when Amy called Advokids. Advokids helped Amy access the juvenile court system and submit evidence of the trauma Marie\u00a0had endured in her four and a half years in foster care. With the support of Marie’s\u00a0new foster family, Amy was able to adopt Marie\u00a0in 2015!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marie\u00a0was five weeks old when she and her older brother were removed from their\u00a0mother’s care and placed into Amy’s home. They thrived under Amy’s care for two years, then the county attempted to reunify Marie\u00a0and her brother with their mother and a new baby brother. That placement failed, and the county attempted to place the three children in a new foster home. That placement failed also, and the children\u00a0were moved for the fourth time to a new foster home. Meanwhile, Amy was trying to offer a forever home to Marie. It became apparent that the placement disruptions had traumatic implications for Marie. That is when Amy called Advokids. Advokids helped Amy access the juvenile court system and submit evidence of the trauma…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":24784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childrens-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n