FWIW-
I had a friend who had criminal charges pending as well as her childr3en were in foster care for failure to provide critical care.
A family court judge refused to return the children even though though all conditions for return were met, until the outcome of the criminal proceedings were done. Their reasoning was that they didn't want to return the kids and then uproot them yet again if my friend had to go to jail. In waiting for the trial, time expired for her youngest, in Iowa the youngest children are the ones you only have a short amt of time to get back. They did this so kids weren't sitting in foster care for years as parents did the minimum to prevent TPR. Anyway her baby was 2 months, they were able to successfully TPR her due to the time limit having expired (Kids under 12 months they like to only give parents a year to complete their service plan, they gave her 18 months and there was still no resolution of the criminal stuff). She ended up with probation, and did eventually get the older children back.
IF WV is anything like Iowa..... Lena won't be getting those kids back at least until her criminal stuff is figured out, which could take a long time, and by then there will be arguments against uprooting the little ones form the only homes (foster homes) they know and the only parents (foster parents) they know....
I think if she doesn't go to jail, she could get the older ones back... but i pray she doesn't.
