Keeping Kourtlynn
Comments
#201
The baby should be with family and is already loved.(Richland, 2017-03-11)
#208
This beautiful babygirl deserves to be with family who her ❤(Yakima, 2017-03-11)
#212
The child belongs with family that live and care for her, not a stranger that might only do it for the wrong reasons.(Kennewick, 2017-03-11)
#221
This little girl needs to be with her loving family!! Not strangers to be passed around!!(Yakima, 2017-03-11)
#223
I believe she should be with her family, those who are drug free and will love and care for her, instead of being placed with strangers.(Selah, 2017-03-11)
#226
I believe that if a child is able to be with a loving family member willing to love and raise them, they shouldn't be put into the system.(Pasco, 2017-03-11)
#228
I believe that Kourtlynn's should be placed in the full custody of Nicole/Trisha and immediate family. Nicole would make an outstanding guardian and would provide Kourtlynn with her best chance and a normal and healthy life.(Kennewick, 2017-03-11)
#231
Children should stay with family. Foster care isn't near as loving as a family member will be.(Longview, 2017-03-11)
#237
I believe when loving, willing, stable family members are available, the placement should be made to the family first and only placed into a stranger foster home after all potential family members have been vetted and found unable to take the responsibility of the child's welfare. My opinion is not an indictment of a foster care system, but rather questioning the specifics in this case. A biological mother who chooses to use illicit drugs only 4 days prior to the birth of her baby is not capable of making rational decisions for herself, let alone decisions that are in the best interest of the child. And a father who allows this behavior is complicit in this crime against the baby. They should have no say in the matter. The reasoning for this decision of stranger placement is flawed. These parents are long-term illicit drug users and are homeless. Their instability is factual. Long-term drug users are not "cured" overnight. They will need months of inpatient treatment and years of aftercare. Statistics of their successful abstinence from drug use are not in their favor. Most long-term addicts take years of treatment, aftercare and many relapses before healing. With devastating statistics such as these, why not place the child with a nurturing family member who would give the child the best start in life? Furthermore, even if the parents never become stable enough to assume responsibility for the child, her sister can be a stabilizing influence throughout her life. I would hope the court would reconsider what is truly best for the baby and release her to the custody of her sister and support of a loving extended family. To do less would be a travesty and misuse of judicial authority.(Ellensburg, 2017-03-11)
#260
I love and support my wife during this difficult time.(Silverlake, 2017-03-12)
#261
This baby deserves to be with people that love her(Henderson, 2017-03-12)
#263
Because these two are what parents should be and would give this baby a fantastic home.(Bremerton, 2017-03-12)
#272
Because Little ones don't have a voice but it is always best to keep Family together if they are able to care Kourtlyn than please give her to her sister who love's her and deserve to raise her not a stranger.(Selah, 2017-03-12)
#273
Family is important. If I could not take care of my child I would NEVER put them into foster care. Family comes first especially if they are will to help!(Meridian, 2017-03-12)
#277
I'm am signing because I believe the baby should be with family.(Roosevelt, 2017-03-12)
#282
The baby belongs close to family whom love her dearly(Selah, 2017-03-12)
#284
I feel child should be with family so it can grow up knowing cousins ECT by.blood(Yakima, 2017-03-12)
#285
This entire family has stepped up to help where they can. They have invested their hearts to keeping her safe and loved. They CHOSE to help. It's the harder path, but here they are.(Yakima, 2017-03-13)
#287
I believe keeping Kourtlynn with Nicole Becker will produce the best outcome for the child.(CasltE rock, 2017-03-13)
#294
That baby need to be with family!! Not strangers!!!(Yakima, 2017-03-13)
#299
I'm signing because it's the right thing to do!(Yakima, 2017-03-13)
#300
I'm signing because I feel like this baby should be with whom she's been and who she knows.(Gretna, 2017-03-13)
#302
If the "parents" choose to give up their child and they are taking drugs then they should have to give up their voice in where the child goes. This little girl has family that are willing to take her into their home. She deserves to be with family.(Yakima, 2017-03-13)
#306
The Beckers are wonderful people!(Castle Rock, 2017-03-13)
#308
I think she should stay with her family.(Yakima, 2017-03-13)
#312
Baby needs to stay with family that loves her.(Yakima, 2017-03-13)
#313
Let her stay with a loving family and big sister.(Wenatchee, WA, 2017-03-13)
#314
I'm signing because this baby doesn't get to have a voice in this. She needs to be with her family. That is the best thing for. Her family loves her and for them to have no contact at all would be outrageous. Please let her go to her family!(Glen Rock, 2017-03-13)
#319
That baby needs to feel love from her family which is something a stranger cannot give .let her stay within her family dont take that love from her .the people that brought her into this world are only doing that out of spite and not for any other reason that is very clear.(Yakima, 2017-08-13)