Dear Lord, please protect and bless this little girl, because it is obvious the adults who are responsible for protecting and taking care of her can not! ( I'm talking about the legal processes and DCF !)
On another note I cannot believe she was moved from one state to another without the complete legal hearing processes. That is unbelievable...I personally don't care what the circumstances were, a precious child was taken from a stable loving environment and moved away from all her support to another state.
When my ex husband and I were trying to adopt we were told we would get a little 6 yr old girl. Once the foster family realized she was going to be adopted they could not bear to lose her and wanted to adopt her. We stopped the process immediately because that child was in an environment were she was loved and stable.
The adoption agency was upset but I did not hesitate to explain from my experience working with children that the child was my utmost priority not us. If it could be worked out that she could be adopted by the foster family who had had her for 4 years they had my blessings. So happens it did.
The feelings of the adults are the last thing I care about. That child needs a GAL and close monitoring.
In my opinion she should have never been uprooted without a year of visitations and planning. This is not about the foster parents or the dad and his extended family! This is about uprooting a child suddenly and dropping her in a situation where she knows no one without any preparation! It not about whether she's happy now or was happy. It's about who and where her future is secure. It's about where she can be safe and loved, no matter what comes her way. Why in Heaven if she is in a stable situation and it is true she does not want to go back would she be uprooted and sent back? She has been uprooted once....the legal system making the decisions better make sure and understand she is their responsibility.
This is my opinion and that's all I have to say.
They tried that but the Hodgins wouldn't allow it, in august 2012 they went and got a restraining order against DCS because they knew they where going to start the transition to her family, not the pair who have sold images, bracelets and tee shirts but her real family
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this is from the restraining order. Caseworkers from the Tennessee Department of childrens services, Shelby McClurkin and Amanda Lambert contacted us and stated they are beginning the process to reunite the child with the father and have threatened to remove the child from our care and place her with another family. That was done because the Hodgins refused to allow the transition to go ahead, just like with the Baby Ella case when the fosters where told in that case the child would be transitioned to an uncle they said that the child had to be removed that day. Also the Hodgins where deemed detrimental to Sonya
http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...n-judge-rules-year-old-stay-nebraska/9182089/
Hillary Duke, a court-appointed guardian assigned to look after Sonya's interests, said the girl has been doing well in Nebraska and that it would be "detrimental" for her to return to Tennessee to live. She said Sonya doesn't want to move back but would like to visit.
Duke accused the Hodgin family of orchestrating a social media mob to sway public opinion. She suggested the judge put a restraining order on the family and their supporters to keep them from posting pictures of the girl. She said the public battle has made Sonya unsafe.
The judge didn't address that request.
DCS took McCaul's side. When asked why an agency would lobby on behalf of a felon, an agency spokesman said it was following the law.
"He doesn't have a perfect record; he's not a Boy Scout," said DCS spokesman Rob Johnson. "But he's done everything the state of Tennessee has asked of him."
After the hearing, McCaul and his attorney, Lynn Coffinberry, avoided the media and did not speak.
After their tv spot on Anderson Cooper humiliated her this was the result
http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...-birthday-passes-custody-case-drags/12854809/
Two independent observers versed in family law issues say that under the law, Sonya is where she should be: With her father. And both say the chances of her going back to her foster parents in Tennessee are slim because the rights of biological parents, absent actual abuse or neglect, are nearly impossible to take away.
While a defamation suit filed by McCaul was recently dismissed, the battle continues in court. Sonya's case is scheduled to return to a Dickson County courtroom July 30 for a discussion of her progress in Nebraska. The Hodgins are still awaiting the outcome of their petition to terminate McCaul's parental rights and to formally adopt Sonya. They're also still trying to appeal an earlier ruling by a juvenile court judge keeping Sonya in Nebraska, and last week they asked Gov. Bill Haslam to step in on their behalf, which he has not done.
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