I don't know if that is necessarily true. I don't mean to be controversial but there are plenty of stories on the net of children having next of kin, perfectly able to take them in and they are passed over frequently, and judges regularly passing over any other professionals that families bring into the court and taking the FaCs psychologist and case worker notes, which many people's experiences of them are dishonest or embellished. Someone on here regularly sites how her friend had to give up a lot of financial stability and savings to be awarded custody of her grandchildren. Just from hearing that, why did she have to pay a fortune just to show she is appropriate? Why wasn't it already evident? NC says her, BC and KT paid $4500 to try to fight it out in court. Lots of people have plenty going for them to take on relatives kids but they are overlooked. As a friend of mine said, Family court is a misnomer and it is all about who has the most money is the last one left standing. When a child becomes a foster child, they are worth a lot of money to a great many people and I am not talking about the careers. It has become evident in many countries that the foster system is a form of people trafficking. I don't think BC's or KT's extended family could ever have provided the type of life that the FF could, but then most families can't. I get a little tired of hearing all these assumptions about the FF based on absolutely nothing except what people project onto them. I've heard on here a lot that it was so wonderful that they opened their home to these 2 children who needed it. Maybe it met the needs of the FF to have an instant family, two children that they had from almost babies that they could raise as their own, call their own name and treat as closely as possible as if they had them biologically themselves. I have questions about where LT was before her brother was also removed and then the 2 of them placed together, and now here is the question I think I will get yelled at the most about but I can't hold it in anymore, were they earmarked for this couple all along? MOO