My understanding of Rekieta's situation is that the court has not yet considered placing the children with relatives like Bob Rekieta (though he attended the hearing).
Is it typical for CPS? I thought CPS favored putting children with relatives before putting them in the foster system.
It seems to me that it would be a common situation that you have drug addicted fuck up parents, but clean grandparents who want temporary custody.
Why wouldn't CPS have already placed the kids with Bob Rekieta (or other relatives) if Bob was involved with the hearing?
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It says CPS must do a "relative search" within 30 days and report to the court the results within 90 days.
This seems like a long time (30 - 90 days) to keep the kids in foster care if extended family is ready and able to take them in.
Does anyone know more about this? Would extended family members have to file a motion if they wanted custody? Is it even possible to get the children placed with extended family right now?