A minor update to the most recent post (Alternate title: Why bother posting because it will probably change?)

So in the few minutes since I posted the last blog detailing the newest developments, I got a call from our county caseworker. What she had to tell me changed our current situation, if only slightly.

As you've read, we were under the impression that the hearing officer on Friday had approved unsupervised overnight stays for Little Man with his father. This seemed to be an unusual move, as the normal path is supervised visits → unsupervised day visits → unsupervised overnight stays → reunification. Although the boys' attorney asked for the unsupervised day visits instead, we all left understanding that she had been overruled and that the overnight visits were allowed. However, our caseworker just called and said that, according to the court order (a record of any changes from the most recent hearing) that only unsupervised day visits were allowed for now.

Needlessly to say, we're a bit confused. It's hard to say whether the hearing officer misspoke during court and only meant to approve unsupervised day visits, or if perhaps the judge overruled him when signing the court order and changed it to the day visits. I have a sinking feeling, however, that they'll come back and say there was a mistake on the court order and that the unsupervised overnight stays will, in fact, happen.

Regardless, this change probably doesn't mean too much in the long run. Even if Little Man is just at unsupervised day visits now, it's just a matter of time before the overnight stays will begin. We personally would feel better about delaying the overnight stays for now, and instead test how the father handles Little Man for longer periods than his current two hour long visits.

Just goes to show how unpredictable this whole process can be. Ten minutes ago, we thought this case was going in one direction, only to find out there might be a possible (albeit slight) detour.