Good news on the adoption front- at least for some of our friends! Two of the three families that I know of passed court on the first try so their children are officially "theirs." Very happy day for them! Bereket and Ruby have forever families! Now the families just wait for their embassy dates and they will travel over for that. Yay!
For those of you wondering, here is how I understand the process.
1. Family sends Dossier to Ethiopia where it goes through some steps.
2. Family waits for their referral (we are here right now).
3. Referral is given, this means pictures and any information they have on the child is sent to the family, I believe via email and they have a certain amount of time to accept the referral.
4. Family files official acceptance papers.
5. Court date is assigned (the family will be represented by our agency's liaison)
6. Court date- sometimes more than one try is necessary for case to pass court (due to things beyond family's control)
7. If court is passed, child is officially the family's, and embassy date is assigned (parents must be there for embassy date).
8. Travel to GET CHILD and bring them home!!!!
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