Upon returning home from a wonderful week in Disney...the magic continued! On my dining room table sat the paperwork that we have been waiting for. DCFS approved our homestudy! We will apply for our I 600A finally. It will go in the mail on Monday morning.
Our paperwork has had to change a bit due to a change in Ethiopia: we now have to be there in court to adopt. As a result, we will be heading to Ethiopia twice! Once to meet our little one and legally adopt and then return 6-8 weeks later to pick him up to bring him home.
So relieved for some forward progress!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Some more backward movement... :(
Well. Adoption is not for the thin skinned! We are still waiting for our homestudy to be approved by DCFS. Once that is done then, and only then can we apply for our I600A. So we are waiting!
On a bit of a challenging note. We received an email yesterday stating the following:
At the end of the business day on March 10, 2010 (March 1, 2010 according to the Ethiopian calendar) the Ethiopian First Instance Federal Court posted a notice that, we have been told, will affect all prospective adoptive families who are waiting for adjournment.
Agencies were anticipating that a formal proclamation would be issued by the end of the week explaining the details of this notice and how it will be implemented, but on March 11, 2010 Dove was notified by our attorney that it appears that this is not going to happen.
Effective immediately prospective adoptive families must be present at the court hearing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
What does this mean? Well frankly, as far as the paperwork is concerned, I honestly do not know. I am trusting in our agency to walk us thru this. As for the reality, Len and I will have to go to Ethiopia, not once but twice! We both will have to be present at the court date. Then 6-8 weeks later one or both of us will return to bring our little one home. Disadvantage....traveling 23 hours in a plane four times. Advantage...seeing the beautiful Ethiopian countryside twice. Meeting our little one before the court date. Having time to spend with him twice in his home country.
Still trusting in the one who brought us to this point!
Thanks for reading!
Michelle
On a bit of a challenging note. We received an email yesterday stating the following:
At the end of the business day on March 10, 2010 (March 1, 2010 according to the Ethiopian calendar) the Ethiopian First Instance Federal Court posted a notice that, we have been told, will affect all prospective adoptive families who are waiting for adjournment.
Agencies were anticipating that a formal proclamation would be issued by the end of the week explaining the details of this notice and how it will be implemented, but on March 11, 2010 Dove was notified by our attorney that it appears that this is not going to happen.
Effective immediately prospective adoptive families must be present at the court hearing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
What does this mean? Well frankly, as far as the paperwork is concerned, I honestly do not know. I am trusting in our agency to walk us thru this. As for the reality, Len and I will have to go to Ethiopia, not once but twice! We both will have to be present at the court date. Then 6-8 weeks later one or both of us will return to bring our little one home. Disadvantage....traveling 23 hours in a plane four times. Advantage...seeing the beautiful Ethiopian countryside twice. Meeting our little one before the court date. Having time to spend with him twice in his home country.
Still trusting in the one who brought us to this point!
Thanks for reading!
Michelle
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