[Stampfl]

With in the next few days we finalize . Yipee what a ride we were all on .

What do we do at court ? we have alot of people going and we planned a bbq for that night to celebrate and the girls are wearing lil princess dresses

My oh my i cant wait to be avle to move foward

We have a sibling group of 3 twins and that are 4 And a 2 yr old

[MilehighDad]

We've finalized in two different states, and the procedure was vastly different. In both cases, though, they used a regular courtroom and the judge came out and conducted the hearing. The big difference was that in Colorado we had no lawyer and the judge just had a long, pretty informal discussion with us about the placement, our parenting styles, and where we had grown up and lived. In Missouri, though, our lawyer ran the discussion, and we were each sworn in and put on the witness stand for questioning. I've never been put on the stand before! Also, the questions were really very formal, just confirming everything that was already being filed such as birthdates, names, placement dates, TPR dates of bparents, etc. In both cases, though, we got to take a bunch of pictures in the courtroom before heading out.

There should be room for lots of people and I'm glad you're going to have a big celebration. It's a big day! Congrats!

[Stampfl]

thank you , our lawyer will be there and said we should be done in about 30 minutes for everything including our copies of the papers , im still nervouse lol i will be so happpy when we are all done . The lawyer and case worker said that with all we all have been throught this is the easy part , we made cute invitations and plan on a big turn out for the party i want to make it a day my daughters will rembember , they are little but if they remember even a little bit , it was well worth it

[Sdirector]

With my son (12 years ago) in our state, adoptions are finalized by the judge of probate in his chambers. It is a closed hearing, only attended by the adoptive parents, their counsel, the child, and the clerk of the court.

He asked a couple of questions, put his seal on the paperwork, signed it, shook our hands and wished us luck. Our lawyer asked him if he would have his picture taken with us (he did). Then we were done. We had the clerk take a picture of us with our lawyer, and all was done.

[Stampfl]

We finally finalized ont he 8th , courty was a breeze I dont know why i was worried about it , i will try to add a pic on here , well I cant get it to get it to resize uhh lol