Court Trial Results

The court trial for David was yesterday.  Neither birth parent showed up, and the judge went with the advice of the county and by-passed the birth parents for services (meaning they cannot work a case plan in order to regain custody of David).  The court hearing to terminate parental rights is set for January 2013.  Since David will have been in our home six months on Christmas Eve, we will be able to set an adoption date as soon as the appeal period has passed.  All things considered we are not expecting an appeal with this case, but you never know.  It is possible our adoption will take place as early as March 2013.  It is crazy to think David's adoption will likely take place before he is even a year old.  Boy, were we relieved to hear the court's decision, and we look forward to making David a permanent, legal member of our family.