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Originally Posted By Alison

Thank goodness that's over. It wasn't nearly as bad as I was worrying about. They touched much longer on things that I didn't think mattered (such as how long it was between my parents homestudy and my adoption when I was adopted), and a lot less on things I thought might matter (the dynamics of my family now). Oh well, I guess that's why they are the professionals.

Their one concern seems to be the fact that this is a public agency, and we must foster before adoption. They know from all our info, and reference letters, that we would have trouble giving a child up at the end of a foster, so we feel we could only take into our home a child that they feel will have TPR. They understand that, and said that they would be sure to only refer a child to us that is coming into the system for the second time (which in NC, I guess, is the criteria for automatic TPR).

Thanks for all the good wishes... I could feel them all the way here!!

Ali