marydell: My hand holding a medusa head sculpture (by me) that's missing its snakes (Charlie)
[personal profile] marydell
Yay.  Because Charlie's a special-needs baby* we are allowed to finalize his adoption in Indiana (his birth state), without having to get a second laywer here in Illinois or pay extra crossing-state-lines fees.  We also don't actually have to travel--our lawyer will phone us from the courtroom for the proceedings.   Easy-peasy-Japanesey.  Well, Chinesey in our case.

I didn't get a chance to buy a special outfit for the day, because he's growing so darn fast.  And maybe there will be a delay, if some of our followup paperwork hasn't made it into the hands of the court.  But if all goes well, as of tomorrow, the social workers step out of the picture and Charlie will be ours forever.  Eep! Joy.

*feh. He's absurdly easy.

Edited:  Woo!  All done!  The lawyer's office will call us later to dun us for fees, but the court has decided and we are permanent parents.  YAY

Date: 2008-09-04 02:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com
Mazel tov!

Date: 2008-09-04 03:05 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-09-04 02:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashnistrike.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2008-09-04 03:05 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-09-04 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neutronjockey.livejournal.com
They (DHS) seem to make quite a few exceptions for special needs don't they? Liz and I are technically going to be adopting special needs because of the child's ethnicity and/or age group. They have a program down here called SWIFT adoptions --- that sounds pretty ummm, 'OK HAI HERE'S YOUR KID OKAYZ BYES THX."

Date: 2008-09-04 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marydell.livejournal.com
Yeah, in a state with not a lot of adoptive parents of color, children of color are often considered "hard to place" or special needs, and the rules are different. Desaturated children have more options.

Does SWIFT stand for something?
Edited Date: 2008-09-04 03:05 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-09-04 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neutronjockey.livejournal.com
Yes...but the OK DHS site doesn't list the meaning of the acronym. O.o

Date: 2008-09-04 12:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com
Congratulations and jubilations!

Date: 2008-09-04 03:05 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-09-04 03:32 pm (UTC)
readinggeek451: plush dog with hearts all over (Corwin)
From: [personal profile] readinggeek451
Congratulations!

Date: 2008-09-04 08:05 pm (UTC)
boxofdelights: (Default)
From: [personal profile] boxofdelights
Congratulations!

Date: 2008-09-04 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydy.livejournal.com
Congratulations a lot. Wonderful news.

Date: 2008-09-04 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tania-c.livejournal.com
CONGRATULATIONS!! Hurrah! Huzzah!

*hug*

Date: 2008-09-05 02:42 pm (UTC)
carbonel: Beth wearing hat (Default)
From: [personal profile] carbonel
Happy adoption day! (Slightly belated; I'm catching up from being out of town.)

(If you'd like a copy of the John McCutcheon song, just let me know.

Date: 2008-09-06 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marydell.livejournal.com
Thanks, everybody!

Date: 2009-01-31 07:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amilyn.livejournal.com
I'm so happy things went well!

Also...huh; we're both in Illinois!

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