Thursday, May 25, 2017

Consent to Adopt


There are so many steps in this adoption process.  We didn't realize how many there would be after N came home.  It isn't bad, it just seems to keep going.

Last month we received the Consent to Adopt from ICAB.  This is a big step.  Up to this point we were just N's care takers and her official guardian was the placement agency in CA.  Now that has all changed.

We could stop at this point.  N is officially our daughter and I believe a US citizen.

We are choosing to not be done though and are in the process of readoption in VA.  This will allow us to do a name change, get a VA birth certificate and we will also apply for an social security number.  In all, this will likely take a few more months.

So we continue to move forward in this process.  We are now 4 years and 3 months from when we first got notice that we could apply.

Correction: I apparently I jumped the gun a bit.  N is still in the legal custody of the CA adoption agency.  She also is not yet a US citizen, just a legal resident.  This will all hopefully change in a month or two as we finalize the adoption in the Virginia courts.

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