I am trying to adopt my baby sister.
I am trying to be able to adopt my sister. She is 1 and she has been in DHS custody ever since she was born. I had just learned about her in Feb. of this year and I actually learned that she was my sister in Sept. I have never gotten to know her. We live in different states. She has gone up for adoption and I am trying to get some advice on what I can do. I am trying to get to adopt her and I don't know what to do.
I have talked to the DHS and they say they can not give me any information. They have taken my information and they say that they are going to see if I can get her but I think that they are lying. The foster parents want to adopt her too. The DHS has told me that she is better off in foster care than with family and that hurts me a lot. The foster parents say that they will let her know her family and then they can just change their minds and we my never see her again. I lived in foster care and I know what they can say and not do.
I have not been raised with my other sister and we had to get a relationship when we became adults. I do not want that for her. I want to be able to keep our family together. I know that other people are having this problem so I decided to ask and see if I can get help. I guess that some parents don't care how their kids feel or they would not put us people through this.
If anyone can help please write me so I can get some ideas of what to do. Thank you for rtaking the time to read this.