Q: Are there laws to protect a mother in a reunification plan if there is lack of effort for the reunification plan by DFC
In the event the mother potentially stands to have a termination of her parental rights and there has been a lack of effort on the Dfcs end in the case does the mother have the ability to seek further treatment in the case of substance abuse or or parental rights automatically terminated after 12 months
A: You need to retain counsel immediately if you don't already have counsel. There is an argument to be made in your case, but it depends on the effort you have put into your reunification plan and what DFCS is doing. At the end of the day, the responsibility to complete the case plan is yours. If DFCS does something to make that harder, there can be some arguments, but you've got to be doing more than the bare minimum to get by.
A: Termination is never automatic. If these are the facts you are currently facing, you should immediately seek counsel to discuss your options.
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