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“Ms. Porter I have no reservations to entrust the care and well-being of Angelica to both you and Ms. Kennard. Everything in your file indicates that you are loving parents and your daughter is being raised in a caring and wholesome familial environment. That’s clearly evidenced by the number of extended family I see here today.”
“Thank you, your honor.” Bette visibly relaxed but was still anxious to know why the judge had called her up.
“Having said that, I do feel the need to address Ms. Roberta Collier’s home study report.”
‘Here we go’ Bette thought in her head. She and Tina had talked about Roberta’s biased conduct during the home visits and felt strongly that they should lodge a complaint. At first, they considered waiting until after the hearing but if things didn’t go their way, they didn’t want it to appear that they were disgruntled after the fact.
Tina contacted the local board of social workers and was relieved to hear that they take all public complaints seriously. ‘We handle these complaints in various ways depending on the nature but rest assured that we take great care to treat all concerns with confidentiality and fairness.’ They directed Tina on how to file the complaint but before doing so she talked to Bette, Melvin, Angus, and Winnie. All of whom had direct contact with Roberta to get their input then she filed.
“Before we go any further let me assure you that the complaint that you and Ms. Kennard filed will have no bearing on my decision today. In fact, please accept my apologies on behalf of the social services organization for any hardship you may have experienced. You have every right to expect and demand that a social worker is trained, professional, ethical, and responsible.”
“Thank you, your honor.”
Judge Nixon was appalled at what she read in Roberta’s notes. In her opinion it was in the best interest of the adoptive parents to take charge of the relationship with the social worker, not the other way around. She would also recommend that they address their concerns as it happens in the initial encounters however in this case it worked in Bette’s favor to give Roberta enough rope to hang herself. If it was up to the judge to make the ruling, she would no doubt impose disciplinary actions and suspend her license. Roberta didn’t even have the good sense not to put her comments in writing. Her detailed notes were self-incriminating and would be used as evidence in the investigation of the unprofessional inquiries and implied biases.
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Thank you, please keep writing in this Tibette World so we can escape here away from the new Show.
SG
Hi SG. The only good thing about the new show is that it will give us a lot of material to fix in FANFIC world. I can’t wait to start writing GenQ stories where Bette and Tina are together raising a well behaved Angie. I really can’t stand how Angie turned out, and I really think Bette would have been a better mother than how she is being portrayed. Not to say a teen wouldn’t be somewhat rebellious but this kid’s lack of control and boundaries scares me. I’ll keep writing as long as you keep reading. Thank you.
Hi, So agree about the new Show and look forward to you putting it right in your postings.
I’ll keep reading while ever you keep writing!
SG
This is a good chapter. I always wondered why the original series did not address the discriminatory questions Roberta made to Bette and Tina? That was the thing that I always wondered about the original series. They always posed a question, but the characters seldom got into a discussion about the rightness or wrongness of the situation. They came close when Alice and Tasha discussed the war in Iraq, but never got to the core of the discussion. The same thing happened here. A government employee was being discriminatory against a lesbian woman who wanted to adopt a child which the birth mother was in full support of. Your story demonstrates that sort of behavior has consequences. The original story from The L Word did not.
Thank you for this story….will there be more or is this your conclusion?
Hi Martha. Thank you for reading and commenting. I agree with you on the shows lack of addressing Roberta’s discrimination on the show, but what’s worse we never even heard if the adoption went through. I’m about two chapters from ending this story then I will go back to my previous one.
Thank you for the post, I agree totally with SassyGran !
Me too. Reading and writing stories here is a great escape from what they’ve done to Bette and Tina in GenQ. Bad enough they are divorced but blaming it on Tina for falling for someone else lacks creativity. Making Bette a serial cheater ruined it for me.
Thank you for this chapter!
I hope this is not the end and that you will stay in the Tibette fantasy world!
Bibi28. No this is not the end. I think I have two more chapters before I wrap it up, then I will go back to my previous story and finish that one. I will always stay in Tibette world, they are the only reason I watched the show. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Thank you for the chapter!
It’s good that they decided to return in the house. For the family it’s suits better than condo