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Adoptive Placement
We call it an adoptive placement. We were not their foster parents, but we were not their legal guardians either. We had to deal with schools, IEPs, therapists, residential treatment centers... Their adoptions weren't finalized for 1 1/2 years after placement with us.
They called us Mom and Dad, we call them our children, but it did have to have legal clarification. Didn't help that we knew our daughter would be changing her last AND first name. Luckily we put her in a private school that was willing to call her by her new name all year, even though we couldn't legally change her name until after school is out.
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Mary in TX
http://marythemom-mayhem.blogspot.com
http://rad-online.org/
Mom to biokids Ponito(10) and his sister Bob(13)
Sibling pair adoptive placement from NE 11/06
Finally finalized on Kitty(14) on 3/08 - 2 weeks before her 13th birthday!
Finalized on her brother Bear(16) 7/08. He turned 15 the next day.
Adopted children are diagnosed with RAD, bipolar disorder, severe PTSD, ADHD, ODD...
" Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain."
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