Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:07:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Joe Collins <joecollins7420@yahoo.com>
Subject: Accidental Family  Chapter 2

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			     Accidental family
				 Chapter 2

Dan rousted everyone out of bed at 6am. Breakfast was waiting for them when
they all came downstairs. After breakfast, Dan loaded his truck with his
passengers and luggage and headed toward Fargo.

The little party rode many hard miles of traveling, the tired and weary
group pulled into a motel and spent the night. Late in the afternoon of the
next day, they arrived in Fargo. They found a motel and rested. After
resting a bit, Gene wanted to take Dan and Greg on a tour of his home
town. He took them the house where he grew up. He had Dan stop. Gene jumped
out, ran over to the flower bed, picked some roses, and returned to the
car.

"You had better drive, the old bitty next door has probably already called
the cops. Ross and Rose, do you want to put some flowers on our parents
graves?"

"Yes," was all they could say and started crying again. Gregg was sitting
between the twins and just took them in his arms and held them close.

"Show me the way to where your parents are buried," said Dan.

"We have to go out in the country a ways to a little country church and I
can give you directions. Mom and Dad always took us to church there and
wanted to be buried in the church graveyard. They purchased a plot of
ground and had a tombstone placed on it. All I had to do was have the death
date put on the stone." said Gene with a tear or two rolling down his face.

"Gene, always carry them in your heart and they will be with you
always. Just remember the good times you had with them. Don't ever forget
them. Just point the way and we'll be off." said Dan.  *****

At the cemetery, Gene gave each of the twins some of the flowers. "Kids,
you know where to find the water and the container to hold the flowers
are. I'll let you put the flowers on Mom and Dad's graves. Greg, if you
want to help them that will be fine. Dan and I will take the rest of the
flowers to put on Mom's grave. See you in bit."

Dan and Gene walked to the other side of the cemetery. "Dan, I wanted to
get you alone. Mom and Dad's ashes are not here. I have them in the storage
unit because I didn't have room to take them with us. I purchase had two
new cookie tins and I put some sand in them and had the tins placed in the
graves. The twins think that it was Mom and Dad's ashes that were placed in
the grave. I didn't know what the future would bring and if we left town, I
wanted Mom and Dad to go with us. I would like to stop by the storage unit
and get the ashes. They are in a sealed box right up front."

"Not a problem!" said Dan through his flood of tears. Now it was Gene's
turn to soothe Dan. When Dan regained his composure the returned to the
twins and Gregg.

The somber group got back in the truck and was ready to go. "Dan, would it
be ok to swing by our storage unit. I would like to get a couple of boxes
of pictures that we couldn't take with us. Then we can head for children's
services." said Gene with an air of innocents.

When Dan pulled into the U-Store facility, Gene gave him the code to get
in. Gene pulled out a key ring and found the right one for #72 his
unit. When he opened it Dan and Greg were surprised to see such a small
one.

"Gene, this is a very small unit. Are you sure that there is not a larger
one to go with this one?" asked Greg.

"Greg, when Cousin Sarah came out we went through everything and kept only
the stuff that has special meaning to the twins and me. Dad and Mom had
some family heirlooms and other memorabilia that had special meaning to
them. We saved all of that. We called Salvation Army and they came and took
everything else. So the house is completely cleaned out. The twins and I
painted, cleaned and got the house ready to put on the market. Since I was
not of age, we can't sell the house." said Gene.

"You know, Gene, I am impressed with the level of maturity that you have
shown so far. I am really proud of you for all your efforts. You'll come
out of all of this looking good," said Greg. "Dan, do you think we will
have room for all of this in the back of pickup.?"

"If not we can rent a small U-haul and take it all," said Dan. "Let's head
for Children's Services. Gene, do you know how to get there or do I need to
use the GPS?"

"It is only about ½ mile from here and easy to find," said Gene.

"We have a 2:00 appointment with Children's Services," Gregg

"Ok, Mr. Tour Guide. How do we get there?" asked Dan.

"Simple just go to the red light, make a right turn and go until I holler
stop and it will be on the left hand side on the corner," answered Gene.

"Sounds simple enough."  ***** "Good afternoon. I am Greg Coners, attorney
for Gene, Ross and Rose Riley. We have an appointment with Jeff Schmidt."

"Have a seat, Mr. Coners, and I will let him know you are here."

"I am scared to death!" said Gene.

"Gene, relax. All your burdens are being lifted. I am on your side and will
fight all your battles for you. You can bet that I will not agree to
anything against your wishes."

" Mr. Coners, Mr. Schmidt will see you now. Please follow me."

"Thank you!"

"I am Jeff Schmidt. If you would please introduce the members of you party,
we can get this hearing underway." After the introductions were complete,
Mr. Schmidt said," This is the most unusual case. The most we can do now is
make minimal decisions. However, since Gene, Ross and Rose Riley choose to
leave our protection area, we can no longer serve them."

"Mr. Schmidt, I have to differ with you. Who do you see before you?"

"Why, I see you, a Mister Martin, and the three Riley children. Why do you
ask?"

"I would like to inform you that the children came back on their own free
will. I think you know the reason why but I am going to humor you and tell
you anyway. I think from this moment on, you had better tape this whole
session, because you may need it later in a court of law."

"Sally, will you leave in intercom on and turn on the recorder. Please."

"Now to refresh you memory, you have just told me that you can no longer
the serve the Riley children because they left your protection area. Is
that correct?"

"Yes."

"You also said that Mister Martin and the three Riley Children were in the
room with me and you. Correct."

"Yes"

"If the Riley children are not in your protection unit, then who are these
children, who just happen to have their birth certificates along with last
years school pictures. I am sure that their formers teachers would verify
that each and every one of them is a member of the Riley Family. Need I
pursue this matter any further?"

"That won't be necessary, Mr. Conors, I see your point."

"Mr. Schmidt, have you had any success in finding a foster home for the
children?"

"No, I haven't. No one wants to take the 16 year old. I can't find a place
for the twins, either. Several will take one but not both. No one will
consider all three."

"So the only option left for you is to send them to a juvenile center or
orphanage. Is that correct?"

"Well, yes. That will only be for a temporary time period until be can find
a suitable place for them."

"I have here the complete, notarized, and signed paper work seeking
temporary custody of the Riley children by Mister Martin. You secretary
should be receiving a fax containing character references from 14 people
for Mr. Martin. I think we should take a little break and wait until these
come."

"I think that would be a fine idea. It will give me a chance to get off the
hot seat and cool off a bit. It appears that you came prepared to go bear
hunting."

"I wouldn't exactly call it bear hunting." said Greg. "Hey, gang lets go
into the other room and take a break. If you need to use the restrooms now
would be a good time to do so."  ***** After 10 minutes, the secretary
escorted us back into Mr. Schmidt's office. "I have had a chance to briefly
look all the paperwork over. It looks like I have painted myself into a
corner with no options but one. If I refused to grant Mr. Martin temporary
guardianship which I can`t do because I can only recommend to a juvenile
judge. I can see myself being hauled in court and would be facing
charges. The Riley children are the ones who would suffer the most. If I
forced them to remain here in the county, I know that they would run away
again and would never be heard from again. They would begin a life living
on the streets. None of us wants that. I was able to get an appointment
with Judge Denning at 9:00 in the morning. She is very fair minded and
wants the best for the youth who come before her. She will do everything in
her power to help them. Are there any questions?"

"Does that mean that we can go home with Dan, I mean Mr. Miller?" asked
Ross.

"Young man, most likely that is exactly what it means. It also means that
you all get to stay together as a family if we have anything to say about
it."

"Yea!" shouted all three children and grabbed Dan and was hugging and
kissing him. Tears were really flowing now.

"Hey, I think Greg deserves some of the hugs and kisses. He is the one who
is doing all the work. Thank you, Mr. Schmidt, you won't be sorry," said
Dan. "I will lay my life down for these kids, if need be.  *****

Everyone received awake up call at 7:00. "Happy birthday Ross and Rose. I
bet that you didn't think I remembered. After we meet with the judge, let's
celebrate a couple of birthdays. So every one hit the showers. We can go to
lobby for breakfast," said Dan. By 8:30, the happy group was on the way to
see Judge Denning.

Once inside her office, Judge Denning said, "This is not a court hearing so
therefore the proceedings will be held here in this office. I have had a
chance to look over the paper work that Mr. Schmidt presented to me. He is
on his way over here. I understand that Mr. Conors will be spokesperson for
the group. I may have some question to ask some of you. Therefore, you will
answer and not Mr. Conors. So Mr. Conors you may begin."

Greg told the judge how the children came to be with Dan. All of which no
one had any control or choice in the matter. He told of how the children
ran away so that Children's Services couldn't split them up and place them
in different foster homes. "Your Honor, you have a petition before you
requesting that Mr. Martin be given guardianship of the Riley Children
i.e. Gene, Ross, and Rose and also he would like to be given power of
attorney to that he can start the estate proceeding and execution of their
parents will, act in their behalf of the children if medical attention is
needed and etc.. There will be times when he will have to make decisions
for the children. We have birth certificates for the children and death
certificated for their parents. Thank you, your Honor."

"I have before me a written statement from Mr. Schmidt stating that he
agrees with the proposal and is in complete agreemen. Mr. Conors, you may
be seated and I will ask a couple of questions and then I will call a
recess and look at the facts in this case," said Judge Denning. "Gene since
you are the oldest of the children, I have some questions for you. I
understand that you and the twins are not blood related. Please explain."
Gene.

 "My mother and the twin's father died very close in time to each other. My
father married the twin's mother and adopted the children as his own, so
legally we are brothers and sister."

"Gene, do you have proof of this adoption?"

"Yes, your Honor, I do." He dug into the file box and found copies of the
original adoptions papers and handed them to the judge.

"Gene, how do you feel about living with Mr. Martin and having him as you
guardian?"

"I would like it very much. I have known him only a very short time. I know
that he can never replace my parents and I don't think he will even
try. Maybe in time, he will be given the opportunity to adopt the three of
us. I think that even though he is not my dad, I will call him Dad and not
Dan."

"Thank you! Ross and Rose, how to do you feel and this?"

"I feel the same way as Gene. I love Dan already," said Rose.

"Your Honor, Dan is just an ornery, cranky old poop. Just kidding. He is
the best and I love him dearly," said Ross. Now everyone in the room was
roaring with laughter.

"Just wait until I get you alone. I'll show just how ornery and cranky I
can be," said Dan still laughing so hard that tears came to his
eyes. "Judge, these are not tears from laughing but tears of joy and
happiness."

"I guess I don't have to ask you how you feel about all of this."

"Judge, there is one thing I think you must know before you make your
decision. I am a 36 year old bachelor and I am gay," said Dan.

"Mr. Martin, thank you for being truthful with me. You being gay does not
have any bearing of this case as far as I am concerned. Will you try to
persuade the children to follow in your footsteps? "

"No, I will not. Every one must make a choice of their own and must take
responsibly for his or her actions. I will support them in all of their
decisions as long as they make the choice of their own freewill and are not
forced to do so. I will treat them as my own and will love them as any
father would do."

"What kind of parenting skills do you have?"

"I only have what I learned from my father and mother. They were very young
when I was born. They had no special training on how to become good
parents. They learned as they went along. Sure they made mistakes but they
learned from them and never made the same ones again. I intend to follow in
their footsteps. If they were both still living, I am sure that they would
box my ears, if I goof," chuckled Dan.

"Since they can`t, I will or have Mr. Olsen do it for me! Thanks." laughed
Judge Denning. "Let me show you to the lounge and you can wait in there
while I make my decision. Feel free to help yourself to any treats and soft
drinks available in the break room."

Mr. Schmidt arrived and waited with the family until they would go back
into Judge Denning's office.  In about 10 minutes, Judge Denning called
them all back into her office. "Hello, Mr. Schmidt. Gene, Ross and Rose
this whole thing is about you. Everyone in this room wants what is best for
you. All three of you will have many obstacles that you will have to
overcome." Gene buried his head in his lap and started sobbing. "Gene, what
I am saying wasn't meant to be bad."

Gene interrupted Judge Denning, "I am sorry but I have tried so hard to
keep this family together, no money and no one to help me. I just lost it
that is all. It just hit me that all of this is about to change. Go ahead,
I be quiet now."

"Gene, you have every reason to be upset. You have two men here is this
room who are going to relieve you and take the pressure off you. You have
bundled your emotions inside you and it is time to let some of them
out. What I started to say is that I am going to give Dan and Greg joint
custody of you kids. Plus they will both have power of attorney for all
three of you," said Judge Denning trying to hold back the tears but
couldn't. "I am going to make Greg the executor of your parent's
will. Let's just stop here and have a good cry. Mr. Schmidt, do you agree?"

"Yes. I do 100%. I have a very good feeling now!" said Mr. Schmidt.

"Oh, Thank you! Thank you, Judge Denning!" said a very emotional young man.

"All that is left, is the signing of a bunch of papers and having my
secretary notarize them for you. Dan and Greg, the Children's services in
you home town will receive transfer papers and will do an occasional check
up and you can go ahead with the settlement of the estate. I would
recommend that you do that here in Fargo which will prevent some problems
and will probably save you a lot of time and money. Dan and Greg, I would
recommend that you start adoption proceeding when you return home. That
just about closes this case. So let's get busy with all that paper work.

Have you made a denotation to Nifty? Every little bit helps! Thanks!

TBC