[stephjoel99]

Lou, as a parent with a child home, I would be happy to write anybody - I know for fact I will be writing my US Senators and Congresspeople to implore them to put the feet of the US State Department and the US Embassy to the fire.

Those 2 entities essentially brokered the deal b/w the adoption community and the Guatemalan gov't - and they can't just wash their hands of us now. Like you said, parents entered into these "good faith agreements" with the gov't of Guatemala and our State Dept. has an OBLIGATION to represent parents' interests in the region. And the Embassy should be doing everything in its power to see that things complete as they were promised they would.

If birth mother interveiws were not STANDARD before 12/31, then they should NOT be occuring now. There should be no 30 day PGN suspensions unless 30 day suspensions were common before 12/31. And there should be no DNA requirements from Guatemala if they were not required on their side pre 12/31. NOTHING should be added or changed, aside from Central Authority registration. Nothing. And it is the RESPONSIBILITY of our government to protect these 2,000+ legal adoptions that were entered into in good faith by US citizens.