during my son's hospitalization for bipolar disorder, I sat in the hospital cafeteria many times, talking with other parents of children in the program. one mother has been forced to surrender her parental rights to CPS...TWICE. her son's bipolar disorder is so severe that he has been hospitalized ten times in the past four years, often for several weeks at a time. she has no resources left, and must 'give him up' in order to get what he needs. it's crushing, but it also seems dangerous...couldn't the plan backfire on a parent, so that he/she is not allowed to regain custody??