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Originally Posted By Terri

I decided to just go ahead and email the CW again about paying for travel upfront. She said they will pay for airfare and hotel upfront and reimburse food and car! This is something we could do. She also said that they do not do TPR until the child is placed in the adoptive home so he would be considered a foster placement which is great for us because we won't be final until October! The only problem is that CA changed their rules and the first child needs to be in the home for 12 months, it used to be only 6 months. But she said they do waive this requirement and told me to still send our homestudy with a cover letter stating when our finalization will be taking place in October. I've very optimistic.

Terri

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I live in Ca and am adopting from SD county. I had not heard about the extension of the time for the child to be in the home. SD county is pretty good about notifying us about everything.

I also know that there are no out of pocket expenses when adopting special needs children, at least in SD county. You don't need a lawyer here.

Good luck,
brydy