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Our home study was a breeze, I was nervous about it as well. Our attorney set us up with a social worker. We filled out a bunch of questionaire type paperwork. Then I spoke with the SW on the phone, he called several of our references (friends, family, pastor, co-workers) He asked them general questions about us. How we were w/ children. How our marriage was etc.
Then he came to the house at a scheduled time. He talked to dh and I. He asked questions like: How do the two of you handle a dispute? How do you discipline the children? How do you get along with extended family members (inlaws etc) . We took him thru the house and he looked it over (no white glove treatment here) He talked to all of the kids. (we were adopting the 3 year old, but have two of our own bio-daughters 10 + 14) He asked our older daughters how they felt about adopting a baby sister. In general he just tried to get a feel for how our family life was. It wasn't about how clean our house was. Although our house was tidy and clean (that day LOL)
We felt very fortunate that our attorney knew just the right person to get for our case he was great. Don't worry. Home study is just a way for the judge to gather unbiased info about potential a-parents. If you have a gernerally happy and stable home life there shouldn't be any problems.
Be Blessed,
Neema
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