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Don't forget to check and see at what point in the process you'd have to have been married for that number of years. It's possible they'll let you do many of the requirements and just not formally licence you until you've hit that official length of marriage mark.
That's what a couple in my state foster care classes is doing - getting all the paperwork and training and homestudy done now, they just know they won't be issued their licence until the younger partner's 21st birthday this winter. But they're just glad they didn't have to wait until they met all the requirements before they could even *start* the process.
Don't forget that you'll have to choose an agency anyway - so calling around and asking everyone for their information packets now would be a good step. Age limits and length of marriage required should be covered in those, so you'd know if there were any who would take you sooner than others. And you'd already have all the packets so you could go ahead and make your "which agency is for us" decision early.
Good luck!
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