CHILDREN - AT HOME OR ADOPTED??

CHILDREN IN LOCAL AUTHORITY "CARE". SHOULD NATURAL PARENTS GET THEM BACK??

It has come to my attention, recently of a young woman who has had her two young boys taken from her by the Local Authority Social Services. This action has been done, I believe, in good faith and for the safety of the children. The children went into care due to the misconduct and uncontrolled usage of Illegal Drugs by the children's father. Obviously the children were in danger and removed for their own safety. CORRECT ACTION.
Now, the ex-boyfriend, and father, of the two boys wants them to be taken into Adoption and away from the Mother. They are not married, she is not using drugs, she has a good job, a suitable home and another child on the way from the same father.
She wants to have the children, who she has visited every week for the last year, back and in their own home. She wants the father out of the picture all together, as he is a disturbing influence on the balance of the household. He wants the unborn child in Care too, and Adopted away from the Mother.
The Social Services are telling her that, as the father wants the children in an Adoptive family, she should concentrate on the baby, to come, and forget the two boys? Is this right?? Why should she NOT get her children back?? I know that as they are not married the "father" has few rights, without a Court Order for Parental Responsibility. He has his name on the Birth Certificate (apparently), this being a jesture that is haunting the mother. He should be showing the "powers that be" that he is worthy of consideration. If he is, alledgedly, still on Drugs and regularly unable to sort himself out, never -mind the children's future, how can he be given so much power over this hardworking Mother?? I am told that she has a new male friend who would be willing to devote time to her and all the children, with plans to buy their own house. He has a good job and works hard, he is interested in making things work for them and the three children and is offering a stable and secure future (as stable as things can be nowadays). There is no explicit advice from Social Services and she is left in a state of limbo while the Authority ponders its own decision making policies.
She is at a point of desperation and fears the worse for her loved children. A cloud of paralising strain hangs over her, as all decisions are removed from her influence.
WHAT DO YOU SAY??
My own enquiries continue....

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