Kicked out again. PGN found more previos. BM ID with same smudge as previo #2 plus birth mother birth certificate had the mayor's signature not a registrars. Now we have to get the mayor to verify and authenticate that there is no registrar in the town. It is supposed to take a week or more because the mayor is off on one of his drunken spree's. Our lawyer has offer incentive to try to expedite...It would almost be getting funny if we weren't so frustrated.
We have no idea once we are back into PGN how long it will take someone to review the file to release us again with possibly another previo or maybe even release us with an approval = OUT.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Where Are We Now...
We were hoping that we would see some cases (ours would be nice) OUT of PGN considering the latest statements from the Joint Council on International Children's Services.
June 6, 2008
Joint Council is pleased to announce that PGN has released approximately 230 adoption cases today. At this time, there is no estimate of the number of cases with previos, versus the number of cases without. Upon the release of cases by PGN, Joint Council will be providing estimates of the number of cases without previos. Joint Council extends its appreciation to PGN for its release of these cases. We will continue to work with PGN and key stakeholders in Guatemala on the review of the adoption procedure.
June 5, 2008
Joint Council remains seriously concerned about the status of the approximately 2,600 pending adoptions currently being reviewed. It is our understanding that over 260 adoptions have been cleared of serious irregularities yet have not been released by PGN for finalization. For those children whose adoptions have been cleared of any irregularities, it is clearly in the children’s best interest for PGN to release their cases and for the children to be united with their adoptive family. Joint Council again urges the PGN to immediately release all such adoption cases.
Considering this new pressure from JCICS and PGN's statement that "260 adoptions have been cleared of serious irregularities" we had hoped PGN would follow through with their promise to release 230 cases last Friday. It is now the Thursday after and there seems to be very few cases OUT and very little action on the part of PGN.
So the short of it is that we are still stuck in PGN--over 180 days that which by Guatemalan law is only to take 3 days.
June 6, 2008
Joint Council is pleased to announce that PGN has released approximately 230 adoption cases today. At this time, there is no estimate of the number of cases with previos, versus the number of cases without. Upon the release of cases by PGN, Joint Council will be providing estimates of the number of cases without previos. Joint Council extends its appreciation to PGN for its release of these cases. We will continue to work with PGN and key stakeholders in Guatemala on the review of the adoption procedure.
June 5, 2008
Joint Council remains seriously concerned about the status of the approximately 2,600 pending adoptions currently being reviewed. It is our understanding that over 260 adoptions have been cleared of serious irregularities yet have not been released by PGN for finalization. For those children whose adoptions have been cleared of any irregularities, it is clearly in the children’s best interest for PGN to release their cases and for the children to be united with their adoptive family. Joint Council again urges the PGN to immediately release all such adoption cases.
Considering this new pressure from JCICS and PGN's statement that "260 adoptions have been cleared of serious irregularities" we had hoped PGN would follow through with their promise to release 230 cases last Friday. It is now the Thursday after and there seems to be very few cases OUT and very little action on the part of PGN.
So the short of it is that we are still stuck in PGN--over 180 days that which by Guatemalan law is only to take 3 days.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
BM Interview then Previo #3 (or still #2?)
We did have our birthmother interview on Friday. Our BM interview was completed sucessfully. BM stood strong that she wanted to continue the adoption process and that she did not receive money during the process. I guess PGN could not find any "wrong-doing" on the part of the BM or the lawyer so instead they just issued the case another previo (error in paperwork). They didn't like that the copy of the BM ID card had a smudge. Even though the BM had her ID card right there for comparison they demanded a "good" copy with authentication from the agency that issued the card.
PGN "released" 50 cases on Friday. Only 10 were accepted and 40 had previos! PGN just does not want to let these children come home. We are very disappointed and discouraged. We had hoped that we would have been approved and begin the last processes to bring the girls home. Instead we wait two weeks before the "fix" can be submitted and then who knows how long PGN will let the file sit before they will again consider us for approval and release.
PGN "released" 50 cases on Friday. Only 10 were accepted and 40 had previos! PGN just does not want to let these children come home. We are very disappointed and discouraged. We had hoped that we would have been approved and begin the last processes to bring the girls home. Instead we wait two weeks before the "fix" can be submitted and then who knows how long PGN will let the file sit before they will again consider us for approval and release.
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