HAPPY FIVE MONTH BIRTHDAY

Gawd this is taking foreva. Our little Paige is 5 months already. We should have had her home. We got stuck with a new judge in the system (so we are told). He took forever to schedule the Hearing. Now please Mr. Judge don't wait too long for the next steps. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeveryone say a giant prayer that we will get each of the next steps quickly and that we are traveling by June......

So hopefully no news is good news. That means if all went well at Paige's hearing we won't hear anything. I have posted before about the rest of the process, but now that it is here I will share it again. OK so next in this process is our FIRST RULING.
Part I of Final Decree(First Ruling). Once the hearing has been completed and the judge has had time to review all the information, he/she issues the first part of the Final Decree. This is a short statement signed by the judge that is forwarded to all parties involved (social services organization on behalf of the adoptive family and the birth family) notifying everyone of his/her decision to finalize the adoption. This first part of the Final Decree must go to each party and there is a waiting period of 10 days before any further court action can occur. The birth family has until the end of this 10 day period to change their mind regarding the adoption. Once the 10 day period is passed however, the judge can make the final decree.
Time line for 2nd Ruling - 2-6 weeks after the 1st ruling
3. Part II of Final Decree (Second Ruling). Once the 10 day waiting period is over (and the court staff finds time!), the second part of the Final Decree is forwarded to all parties. When the second part of the decree is received by your child's social service organization, the court process is DONE!