Adoption finalization tomorrow
Sep. 3rd, 2008 08:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marydellYay. 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
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
