Any adoption lawyers in Upperstate NY?

Background: Last summer, Family services in their county contacted my aunt (A) and uncle (J)about possible adopting a five-year-old boy (B). B's birth mother is living, but she doesn't have custody of him and he had been in foster care with one woman (L) for most of his life. A and J had been led to believe that L decided since she was getting older that she didn't want to adopt him. They met him, but when things fell through, they went ahead with plans to move to North Carolina. My uncle's business is still in New York, though, so they kept their house, etc, still.
In November, Family Services called and said that some of the obstacles to adopting him had been cleared; were they still interested? Well, of course they were, but they had already decided to move to NC and if that would be a problem, they didn't want to get anyone's hopes up if that would be a problem. They were assured it wouldn't be.

For the last few months, they've been in NC. B is in school, actually doing well, thriving, and basically becoming a happy little boy.

Now: At the most recent adoption hearing, they found out L has hired an attorney and is suing for custody.

And she'll probably get him.

A & J have contacted a few lawyers and so far, none will take the case. L maybe declared unfit due to some other things they've figured out since B's been living with him, but one lawyer said she had custody of him for longer 12 months, then she has a right(?) to see him.

I don't know. I admit, I don't really know all the details. But it seems amazing that no one they've contacted is willing to fight for this. B is happier. If doesn't stay with my aunt and uncle, he'll probably get thrown back into the foster care system.

This is ridiculous. Really ridiculous. It's just unfair that this happens.

He's crawling

Alex is crawling.

Just a couple of scooches, but they were definitely crawls and forward progress.

On one hand, I'm thrilled. He's crawling! He's hitting developmental milestones.

On the other, I'm scared to death. We haven't babyproofed anything. There's tons of wires by the desk. He's going to want to get into everything (and he's so curious about everything, he will have to get into it). He's growing up. He won't be my baby boy forever. It's a little scary.

So, to do whatever I do when I get scared. I make lists, plan obsessively, and drive Steve nuts. Let's get started.

Short fuse

I don't know why, but I have a really short temper lately. Little things are driving me nuts. S being on the computer drives me crazy. (He stayed up past 3 a.m. yesterday - I'm not sure why. Does he think I won't notice he's not in bed with me?) A not eating his cereal makes me feel like a failure.

Last not, while walking with mom, she brought up the idea we may need to move to get S a job. I would prefer not to move, but she's right, in a way. We do need to think about looking outside the area. It scares me. I don't like the idea of moving.

Exhaustion

So, Steve, did you find this?

Alex actually got to bed pretty early last night, so he woke up relatively early. It's only 10:15 a.m. and I'm already exhausted. Luckily, he seems to be content to play in his playpen by himself for a few minutes...I'll go pick up my brother and then drive Alex around soon, too.

Algae's Musings and Rambles

I don't really expect anyone to read this. I really just wanted a place to keep track of my thoughts. I also need it for cathartic purposes - sometimes I just need to write my thoughts down. I'm a faster typist than writer, so maybe this will help.

Plus, I think everyone at snopes will get tired of my ARGH! posts soon. I don't post them often, but they do seem to be coming up more and more lately.

I've been married for almost 5 years now to a wonderful guy. I get frustrated a lot lately with him - he's between jobs - and it's not fair to him. I'm a first time mom to Alex. Alex is almost 8 months and a joy and delight. He's so cute and smart. Expect this to be filled with lots of bragging about him. :)

I work in a Research Library on a propietary database, but my department is being transfered to Connecticut, so we're losing our jobs, which makes for a tense situation. I'm a Masters Candidate in Library and Information Science, but I've gotten behind with that, so I'm starting again in May with one class (paid for by a scholarship I won!).

There's not much more. This is mostly for me, so I don't feel much need to post too much.