Why possibly would a judge need to review a child abandonment case before ruling
My husband and I are foster parents in Ohio. And just this past week went to a PC hearing for our foster baby we have had since he was born.he is going on 11 monthand the mother has been in an out of the picture for some time.she is actually a meth addict who has lost custody of a previous child and has been missing off & on. This last time lasted for a hundred and six days straight with no contact or any type of an attempt to contact the agency about the child. So Children Services filed abandonment charges against her and with her history of showing a pattern we thought that the judge would rule immediately for. Though he was none too kind to her on the stand he decided to review the case and give his ruling at a later date I am hoping that it is just to make sure the laws are being applied properly and that he will not end up granting her a second chance. The mother has only actually visited 16 times out of 45 possible visits and what is actually when the child first came into care. Has there ever been an incident where a judge would not grant the abandonment.