SUMMARY - Guardianship and Adoption
A child removed from a parent struggling with addiction spends three years in foster care while the parent attempts recovery, then is adopted by the foster family just as the birth parent achieves stability. A grandmother raises her grandchildren through informal arrangement for years, then faces a legal challenge from the birth parents who want their children back. An Indigenous child is adopted by a non-Indigenous family and grows up disconnected from culture, community, and identity.