1 . No . In most cases this is not even allowed . Visitations occur at a 3 rd location , whether a social service facility or a public area . 2 . 72 hour hearing for immediate actions , then various other court cases based on case reviews . Usually the child is required to be present unless presense is waived and this can be done by the case worker , but from a personal advice standpoint , do everything you can to be there and pay attention . Communication breakdown is a huge problem in the foster world and sometimes you the foster parent are the only person who can really be the advocate for the child . 3 . A reunification plan is the normal state of foster care , and it works on average about half the time . Some placements are a matter of weeks , my last one was one year . You don ' t really know . 4 . We had to arrange visitations ourselves , but technically they were supposed to provide visitation . But it was a systembreakdown situation and it ' s pretty bad to deny a parent the right to see their child if you can swing it . If this is a major concern focus on accepting placements in your county , or see if your support team can help side note look into finding a support team .