[newlyorphaned]

Repetition!
I got denied the first time too! Then I just got real honest and blunt (what did I have to loose?) The judge released my file then Social Services blacked out the name I wanted (daddy dearest). They didn't send the form I needed to release my OBC and my request got sent back on that. It's sitting here waiting for me to take some action. The whole process seems to be some kind of game that we are forced to play. Once you figure that out then you can get mad and fight! I finally had to decide that I was going to re-submit my petition every time they denied me for the rest of my life. Make that darn file so heavy and battered they'd get sick of seeing it. Don't give up, that file is YOURS, the answers are YOURS!