Question by backpackdiva: What happens to children when a single parent is incarcerated?

Do children automatically get placed into foster care? Does it depend on the family situation? Does the crime or the length of the sentence affect whether or not children are put up for adoption? What if a parent is released early or found innocent? Are the children returned to the parent?




Best answer:

Answer by dgos01
Sometimes family can take the children. Otherwise, they are usually made a ward of the state and put into foster homes.

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