So, we are looking at 2 to 3 months still. I guess they've had a lot of girl referrals lately so the wait time for girls had decreased to like 4 months (from 6 to 9 months). Of course this is all subject to change as there's no way to know what is coming in. I guess we are like 13th or 14th on the list for a boy, so if lots came in, well, we'd obviously be on the short end of the wait (here's to hoping). As of 4 or 5 months ago our agency had essentially no wait time for boys......
I guess court dates are coming quicker, which is really nice. Court dates use to run 4 to 6 weeks out, but in the last few months that has jumped to 10 to 12 weeks. I guess now the courts have a judge doing just adoptions and that has really helped and court dates are running 6 to 7 weeks. Another thing I talked to our case manager about the fact that 5o % of cases do not pass court the first time. She actually brought it up to me because she said this week in court has been really promising, implying that more cases are passing the first time. This all has a lot to do with how overworked the courts are and how prepared the documents are to be there. If we don't pass court the first time we have to go back 4 to 6 weeks later to try again. Pretty much all the cases get out, it just adds a lot of time to the waiting. This is especially agonizing when you hold your little picture of your baby and documents are standing in your way.
Another new thing is that the US Embassy in Ethiopia is overworked and are only doing adoptions 2 times a month. They use to do them 4 times a months. So that might add a little time after we pass court. Also, some new TB testing thingy is being required and it is unclear as to all the ramifications of this. This could possibly add significant time if a chest x-ray verified TB in our child (which fortunately doesn't happen too often).
So, those are the facts...... A little boring I am sure for most, but necessary information in my opinion.
Julie
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