Your baby will NOT go into foster care just because you or the baby’s other parent is in foster care. You are the parent and have all the rights and responsibilities for caring for your child.
That depends.
If your child is under 3 years old when she or he enters foster care, you may get only six months to work with the court to get the child back. This is called a case plan.
A court-ordered case plan is supposed to give you the skills to be a good parent.
Sometimes.
Your social worker must help you with completing the case plan.
To get your child back, you must show the court that