Bio dad did not come because he "couldn't get a ride." Bio dad's lawyer wasn't there because of "traffic," but bio mom's lawyer had talked to BD's lawyer and would stand in.
BM named another placement option in court, including with name, phone number, and address... the paternal grandmother of Elmer's half-siblings (so, no blood relation to Elmer - and I thought to myself, "I'm just as much a relative as this person is, if not more so.") The caseworker assured me they would not be moving Elmer there, even if she passed a home study. {And turned out that when the caseworker called the "relative" to set up a case study, she said she was not interested in being a placement option.}
DSS moved for parents' rights to be terminated (TPR). BM and BD contested. Which means now it has to go to a trial for the judge to decide if rights will be terminated or not. BM's lawyer said that BM was planning on going to rehab that day, and requested the TPR trial to be set 3-6 months out. The judge did not pause even a second and said, "No, ma'am."
I thought that of course, in reality, the trial will likely be at least 3 months out anyway because it seems to take at least that long to get something on the docket. As of now, a trial date still hasn't been set, so looks like I was right.
So still we sit here and wait.
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