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I am not sure if this will help or not, but here goes. It is the process of readopting that makes the child a citizen. Not the acquiring of the COC. The COC is just proof of citizenship. I am not an expert by any means, but my take is that if the first family completes the readoption process to establish the child's citizenship, the second family could apply for the COC for the child. All that said, I would be afraid of it confusing the heck out of USCIS when the paperwork hits their desk. If it could be worked out, I think it would be easiest if family #1 would get the origional COC and family #2 could later apply for an amended one in the child's new name.

Assuming they are already working with an agency and attorney familiar with disruptions of international adoptions, my best suggestion (and I am not sure how good a one it is) would be to have your friend contact the nice gentleman (Don?) at the Buffalo USCIS that has posted on Guatadopt in the past about the G884. My thought being he is nice enough he might be willing to give her advice on the situation from a USCIS persepective. If you can't find his contact info. let me know and I can get it.

My one other concern with this situation, and admitedly I don't know much about it, is the actual readoption and how that will go. I just know someone who got divorced soon after bringing their child home and I know that the readoption process was a bit of a nightmare because of the change in their marital status. Sorry if that comes off as very negative, but I wanted to make sure your friend has an eye on all areas that can (but hopefully won't) go haywire!

Good luck to them!