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sadiegirl,
My situation was exactly the same as yours. Alexis is now 19 months old and we finalized just last month. It took many months from the time the appealed was filed until the case actually got to the appeal panel. But once it was finally there, it was less than a month when they ruled. What kept me grounded through the process was something a good (lawyer) friend of mine told me. He said that the chance of winning an appeal (of any kind) was only about 1%. And in our case, bdad had met none of the requirements to establish paternity. So basically, he had no legal ground for the TPR to be overturned.
I know how tough it is.
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Amom in an open adoption to Billy and Alexis
*To be blessed once was a gift, twice was nothing
short of a miracle.
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