[sethsmommy]

Originally Posted by hkolln

Idaho I doubt will move anything to your state. They are very stubborn about that. In fact the adoption coordinator there in Boise told us flat out they will NOT move the jurisdication to Florida until right before the adoption. They did not want Florida to have a DCF case number or anything because then that meant they would not receive money for the adoption. All her court cases were in Idaho and only court we had to attend was the adoption finalization here. So, because Idaho receives money for every adoption they have then they refuse to move the cases to the receiving states. Then they lose that money so it's not a good thing if you are trying to get it moved to your state.

But in the end it worked out because Idaho gave us 2k in travel expenses which Florida would not do if we did our adoption subsidy thru Florida.

to revisit this a moment.....you said that you did finalize in your home state, right? CW here in my state said we would even finalize in Idaho. Is there ar choice for that???

[hkolln]

Originally Posted by sethsmommy

to revisit this a moment.....you said that you did finalize in your home state, right? CW here in my state said we would even finalize in Idaho. Is there ar choice for that???

We finalized in our state (Florida-receiving state) and she came from Idaho (sending state). The adoption coordinator said Idaho never normally allows case transfer (or as she called it jurisdiction switch) until right before to adoption is to be finalized. This allows you to finalize in your state without having to travel to the sending state. It also means the child does not get a foster care case number in the state you live in (or the receiving state) but they do allow jurisdication change to the receiving state only for the finalization, not for anything else. This way, Idaho gets the adoption credit and not the receiving state (which was in our case Florida). And this also allows the sending state to do the adoption subsidy agreement too plus get the credit for the adoption finalization. The foster care case number is the only thing that keeps the child in the sending state so if that is switched to the receiving state then the sending state loses that credit. All of Alexis's court appearances also stayed in Idaho. Her case was in Idaho the entire time, including permanency hearings after she was moved to our home.

BTW: We were asked if we wanted to finalize here or in Idaho...we did have that choice. We just did not wish to pay another travel expense charge and not get reimbursed so we opted to finalize here to save that money. She said they could do it either way...finalizing here locally was much easier for us. Either way the case will stay in Idaho so it won't matter.

[sethsmommy]

Originally Posted by hkolln

We finalized in our state (Florida-receiving state) and she came from Idaho (sending state). The adoption coordinator said Idaho never normally allows case transfer (or as she called it jurisdiction switch) until right before to adoption is to be finalized. This allows you to finalize in your state without having to travel to the sending state. It also means the child does not get a foster care case number in the state you live in (or the receiving state) but they do allow jurisdication change to the receiving state only for the finalization, not for anything else. This way, Idaho gets the adoption credit and not the receiving state (which was in our case Florida). And this also allows the sending state to do the adoption subsidy agreement too plus get the credit for the adoption finalization. The foster care case number is the only thing that keeps the child in the sending state so if that is switched to the receiving state then the sending state loses that credit. All of Alexis's court appearances also stayed in Idaho. Her case was in Idaho the entire time, including permanency hearings after she was moved to our home.

BTW: We were asked if we wanted to finalize here or in Idaho...we did have that choice. We just did not wish to pay another travel expense charge and not get reimbursed so we opted to finalize here to save that money. She said they could do it either way...finalizing here locally was much easier for us. Either way the case will stay in Idaho so it won't matter.

Thank you!