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  2. Preparing the Relatives

    in The Family Room

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    Cathy,

    Glad to hear your news was taken so well.

    We’ve only told our immediate family and close friends we used as references so far. Our responses ranged from ‘you could do that IVF thing’ to ‘nothing wrong with that’ and everything in between, but no one ever suggested we were planning to adopt an animal. That’s quite funny!

    Congrats on getting over that hurdle.

    Jen & Paul

  4. The Welcome Wagon!

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    Welcome Paul and Jen,

    I adopted my son almost 5 years ago through Abrazo. The agency and the community they've created is one of support, wisdom and a little bit of craziness. I wish you the best in your journey to parenthood and let me know if there is any thing I can do for you.

    Welcome to the forum!

    Jean

    AKA: Garden of Hope

    Thanks Jean! Right now we're just trying our best to be patient.

  6. two-state issues

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    Here's the answer: it's six of one and a half dozen of the other!! :rolleyes:

    Sorry for all the confusion, but Texas Licensing confuses us, too, when it comes to homestudy requirements.

    The bottom line, though, is that whether you have an international homestudy or a homestudy done in accordance with another state's standards, it:

    (1) must be done in accordance with Texas requirements

    (2) before any placement can happen.

    So-- whether you get it "fixed" now or wait 'til later measures up to "a horse apiece" as they say in Texas.

    If I were a newbie, I would get my FBI clearances going before orientation (since they're required in nearly every interstate adoption, no matter where you adopt from) but I'd probably hold off on completing homestudy visits until I'd gotten accepted into Abrazo's program, so I'd know doing the study in accordance with Texas standards was a worthy investment.

    If I were an againer, I'd probably hold off on the homestudy update, since Texas says the original study, once approved by Texas, is good for matching purposes; I wouldn't worry about scheduling the update visit until I was matched and within 30 days of due date, to ensure that I wasn't having to get repeated updates done unnecessarily.

    And if I were an againer whose original study didn't fulfill Texas standards, I'd probably be inclined to get it "up to code" ASAP even though I'd most likely have to pay for an update down the road... just to ensure we were ready to go if a B.O.G. opportunity did present itself.

    Hope that helps, y'all!! ;)

    Elizabeth,

    Thanks so much for your reply! Much appreciated!

    VA also requires FBI clearances with fingerprints so luckily we have that completed. Guessing we'll wait to update our home study if necessary after/around Orientation (Yes, I'm being hopeful here...takes too much energy to worry. :) )

    Jen

  7. two-state issues

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    I believe I already know the answer to these, but wanted to double check. We just completed our home study in VA where 3 visits are required.

    Question 1: Is it correct to assume that we would need to update our home study to include 2 more visits? (We originally were not planning to adopt in TX and therefore were not looking to meet their requirements.)

    Question 2: VA home studies are good for 1 year and I have read that TX is only valid for 6 months. With that in mind, should we wait to complete the update until closer to time of possible placement? OR…Would we be required to update our home study 6 months after our original VA date in order to satisfy TX requirements anyway?

    Any thoughts/insight would be appreciated.

    Thanks!

    Jen

  9. The Welcome Wagon!

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    Hi,

    Hopefully we're in the right place since no one has posted here in a while...

    We just wanted to introduce ourselves. We’re Paul & Jen. Last month we had a private placement come to an abrupt end when our birthmother gave birth at 22 weeks to a stillborn son. While we were convinced that the birthmother we had been matched with was meant to be (lots of coincidental similarities), we now realize that perhaps that placement was meant to get us to fully commit to our adoption plans.

    We were introduced to Abrazo through family members who used their services to adopt both of their beautiful children. We have spoken with them a lot about our decision and after hearing them rave about the wonderful job that everyone at Abrazo does, we decided that we would pursue adoption through them as well.

    We submitted our inquiry/initial application a few weeks ago and are anxiously awaiting our next round of paperwork. We look forward to getting to know those of you going through the same journey to parenthood and wish you all the best of luck.

    Paul & Jen

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