We will NOT be notified of our court date

Well, it appears Duni and Terra (our coordinators) are now going to just wait until we pass court before telling us of the proceedings. Previously, families would hear of their court dates and then would hear if they passed or not.

Soo... We will receive a referral and then about 8 weeks later, we'll receive news that we are leaving to pick up our son in 2 - 3 weeks! Kind of a bit exciting don't ya think?

Here is Terra's email:

There is an important change that all Ethiopia families need to take note of. From this point forward we are asking families to anticipate an 8-12week wait after receiving a referral before traveling to Ethiopia to pick up their child/children (12-16 weeks for families whose referrals fall during the court closures). During those 8-12 weeks there are a series of steps that must be taken to receive governmental approvals, court decrees, birth certificates, passports, visas, and a plethora of other documents for the adopted child. Because receiving the court decree is especially difficult and often times not approved on the first or even second court date we have decided to now switch to a new system where we will notify families with a travel approval when all of their documents have been collected and definitive dates can be identified to schedule travel. This means that we will no longer be contacting families about when their court dates will be, or each time their court date did not go through, or has been changed. Families will be notified within 2-4 weeks before traveling to Ethiopia with their travel approval.

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Terra Bailey
Ethiopia Family Coordinator