What happens to children when both parents are sent to prison?

A couple I know have 4 children, aged 15,13, 2 and 11 months. It looks highly likely that both parents are going to be sent to prison.





What will happen to their 4 children?What happens to children when both parents are sent to prison?
They will become wards of the state. If they have no family members who will be willing to take the children, they will go into the foster care system. Before mom and dad go, they could make arrangements for them to have a legal guardian to take care of them. Otherwise the above. What happens to children when both parents are sent to prison?
If there is no family to take them in or no friends to give guardianship to...they are likely to go into foster care. Tell your friends to make arrangements for them...whose care the children go to, the parents should make sure to sign releases giving education and medical decision rights.





It is up to the parents to take action and find the children a home before they are sentenced.





The children will not be wards of the state because they are not juvenile criminals...they will be dependents of the state if the parents do not make arrangements for them. Also, if they do become dependents, there is no guarantee they will be placed in the same home (if fact it is likely they will not). Like I said before, the parents must make arrangements for their care before going to prison.
they usually go to the next of kin or god parents if not they will be placed in child services and placed in foster care they most likely will be placed where they can keep all the children together or placed upon in individual foster homes until there parents are released from prison if it a case of child abuse it is most likely the parents will never regain custody and the children and will remain in foster care until they are adopted or come of age
More than likely Child Protective Services or DHS (in my home state), will become involved, if this hasn't happened already. The parents should really look into having legal custody granted to someone (preferably family unless a family friend is willing) before CPS or DHS has to be involved. Hopefully, when the parents get out, they will do what is necessary to maintain a healthy home environment. Please know I am NOT judging them because I know people make mistakes and CAN turn their lives around. CPS doesn't always place a child with family automatically, I believe there are foster parenting classes that have to be completed even by the family. I hope they make prior arrangements before their sentencing.
the youngest will be fostered out, providing the parents do ok and come ot in a good time that will be it, although repeat offenders are likely to lose children this young to adoption.





the older two are not so easy to foster so will end up in a childrens home more thatn likely and unfortunately it will be unpleasent. they will probably learn more crime and get into more trouble there than if they lived on their own.





if they are nice kids they may try to foster them out, some people do take in teens, but they ae harder to place due to the emotional problems many of them have.





you could always have them, socialservices would rather place them with a person wh knows them and can handle them. its worth considering.
If the couple can't make arrangements within their own families then they'll be put into foster care until the parents come out. It's extremely rare for a court to send mothers to jail so unless the crime was really severe I'd doubt that it would happen. I don't know what the cut off age is for babies in the prison system. She might end up with a tag instead.



Hi,





Very likely that social services will get involved. They may assess to see if any other family members - grandparents, aunties and uncles ect are capable of bringing up the children.





If not they will be placed into care of social services - foster homes but I not sure if they will be able to accomodate keeping all the children together. I hope they do though!





Lx
Close relatives such as grandparents, uncles and aunts will be given the option of caring for them with their parents consent, in some cases close friends may be given that option. Of course a lot depends on the nature of the crimes committed. If no close temporary guardian is found then they will be taken into care for the duration of the sentences.
they will be placed by a social worker, hopefully they will get to stay with a close relative. the parents should speak to their lawyers about what will happen and hopefully have a family member step forward and offer to take the children.
Well I think the children will be sent to the closest relative or relatives until the final decision has been made about the adults, and yes the children would be going to the relative or relatives if the adults go to prison.
unless they have responsible family members to care for them unfortunatley they will have to go into care.unless the judge feels the children would suffer too much without their parents he may be more lenient to the mother of the children.
Usually they will look at both grandparents.Then other family members,depending what state you are in.If no family member is unwilling or unable to take them ,they become ward of the state.
If there is a family member that is willing to take them in, they will probably be placed with that family member. They will probably become a 'ward of the state' and then the state gets to decide what's best for them.
Either a family member will look after them or they will probably be taken into care. The parents should have thought about your question before they did whatever they did.
I think usually a relative or other family member will take them, if not, they will be taken into foster care.





the parents need to speak to their attorney.
Social services will assess if they can be placed with Grandparents, if not they will go into care.
I think they might send out social services out to get them and then they split all the children up or they might call a close family member to come and get them.








Rachel :)
IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY FAMILY, GODPARENTS OR FRIENDS TO TAKE THEM IN THEN THEY WILL PROBABLY BE SENT TO A FOSTER HOME OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
More than likely, if they do not have suitable family to go to, then they will be sent into foster care.
If there are relatives that will take them, they can go there, otherwise social services finds them foster homes
Go into Care unless they have other family that they might be allowed to stay with them untill both parents are let out depending on what they have done.


poor chilrdren!
They will be sent to their closest family or if they have no family they will be sent to foster care.
they will go to closest know relative. ever seen ';Raising Helen'; it will go a little something like how that movie goes. or they will have to be sent to a foster family..
they either will get sent to their relatives that have a stable homes are they might end up in foster care. It may depends on the crime they were charge for.
they will be killed and butchered, then sent to the prison as food for the prisoners.
Well, if they have any relatives that can take them in like an uncle or grandfather It would be offered to them first. Otherwise i believe that they get sent to a Foster home.
It depends on the families situation. They could go to a foster home or a family member.
They will most likely be split up and put into foster homes.
They are usually taken into care.
probably placed with family, if not then social services for fostering.
If there is no one else to look after them they will go into care and not nessecarily all together they can be split up