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We welcomed home our 10 year old twins in July, 2002. It is now Nov 3, 2003 and as of Oct 31, 2003 we were told by Probate court (in Connecticut) that there were only two families waiting to be scheduled in court before us. Today I called to follow up and we're STILL NOT scheduled for a court date to finalize. I am very upset, the kids are very upset..today at the dentist office I was called Mrs. (the kids legal last name) instead of my last name. The kids were told back in June that the finalization would be SOON. I wouldn't call November soon! We're an easy case too, no issues, the kids are great, have adjusted well, we even have visits with the biological family. Its just an easy case, so says Social services, but why can't they help us out some and make the finalization easy too....its really disgusting that they make these kids live for years in foster care (5 years in our case) then they start searching for adoptive homes (we got lucky (or the boys did) and found the boys just as they were listed available, about 6 months into availability). Now they've been with us for almost 18 months. Half their lives in foster care...simply sad!!!!
While we have had a good experience with the children placed with us and look forward to adoption again, we aren't happy with the slowness of the finalization from the State of CT. Perhaps our next adoption will be a bit different.
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