With one missed visitation between biological mother and Rebecca and it was time for the next one. We drove the baby to the one that she missed so technically CPS was supposed to come to us to bring her to the visit but because I knew that they were going to talk to her about relinquishing her rights today we decided to both go with her to the visit.
We were sitting in the room with the two way mirror waiting for the biological mother to arrive for the visitation. We normally would sit in the front waiting room until the visit time but because of the fact that we were not comfortable with her new husband possibly making another appearance and his violent tendencies we arrived early to be in the back when they arrived. The new husband did come but because he had not done any of the reunification plans he was not allowed into the visitation room. He was not happy about that at all. Having the two of them separated allowed the case workers to talk to her alone before the visit started so they could confront her on the new bruises and talk to her about possibly relinquishing her rights.
When the visitation started the case worker sat with us so we could watch the visit without her knowledge. We found out that she decided she was not going to relinquish willingly and was not happy about them asking that. We were trying to find out what the next move was going to be and they said they would recommend mediation. Mediation would be a less attempt CPS goes to court to force relinquishment. If the judge did not agree we would have to fight for custody of Rebecca. We loved her so much and so did her brothers so we were not going to give in without a fight.
We asked the case worker what the mediation would consist of. They said that most likely she was going to ask for visitation but they advised against that due to her instability. They told us to consider what we would be willing to offer as incentive for her to relinquish her parental rights. They were going to talk with her to see if she would consider mediation and call us later with her decision.