Friday, October 23, 2009

Court dates

(post bumped)

It was requested that a post be started about court dates so people could get an idea of current dates being assigned. Please post your newly assigned court dates here, whether it's the first date or a reassigned date, and when you got your referral (to see if earlier cases are being given priority).

The latest date I have heard of so far is:
-November 25

77 comments:

  1. Hi there,

    We just got an Oct 27 court date yesterday - first court date. Our referral was August 25, and our paperwork was submitted to MOWA week of 14 Sept.

    Good luck to all those waiting!!!

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  2. We finally got a 2nd court date! Our date is Oct. 26th along with another family's date from our agency. I got the referral Sept 4th, 2008. Long, long journey but there is a light at the end of this tunnel.

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  3. Dang, now I feel like ours is REALLY lagging!

    Received referral: July 30
    No court date assigned yet! :-(

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  4. We received our referral on 7/10/09 and we have our court date on Monday, 10/19/09.

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  5. We received a court date today for Oct. 27. It will be our first court date. We received our referral Aug. 20. Have no idea when our paperwork was filed.

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  6. We received our reassigned date for Oct. 21st.

    Our referral was June 26th, and first court date was Aug 12th.

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  7. Referral 7/16/09
    Court date 10/19/09 (first)
    I've always heard that court dates aren't necessarily given in order but are based more on the ages of the children, health or other factors. Not sure if this is true though.

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  8. Jen,
    Did you receive the referral back in 2008 also? We had our first court date back in April and had been "open" ever since, b/c MOWA didn't show up that day. I'll be praying you (and everyone waiting) will get a court date soon. It is hard, but it will happen! I've been telling people "I feel like I've been dialated at a 10 for a good year! When will this baby come home?!!!"

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  9. Just got our first court date assignment today!

    Court date: Oct. 28
    Filed for court: ???
    DTE: July 2008
    Referral: May 2009

    Good luck everyone!

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  10. Referral May 31
    First court date Oct 26

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  11. Referral: July 14
    First Court Date: Oct. 7 (Bumped)
    Rescheduled Court Date: Oct. 22

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  12. Referral: June 14th
    First Court Date: Oct 7th (Bumped)
    Recheduled Court Date: Oct 21st (Bumped)
    Another Rechedule: Oct. 21st or 22nd
    We are very excited!

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  13. We received our referral on 7/30/09 and are awaiting a court date.

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  14. received referral 5/31/09
    No court date yet!!! UGhhh!

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  15. Woo hoo!! News FINALLY!
    Referral 6/2/09
    Court (1st assignment) 11/10

    Wish it was sooner, but still doing the happy dance. Only 3 more weeks!

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  16. Referral 8/14/09...court date 10/26/09. Praying for all of those still waiting.

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  17. WHEW!!!! got the call this morning.

    Referral 3/2/09
    CD #1 5/14
    CD #2 6/2
    CD#3 6/8
    Lucky #4 10/28

    Non abandonment case...

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  18. Referral 7/20/09
    CD 10/23

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  19. Referral 4/11
    First Court Date 10/22 (!!!)

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  20. Hi All,

    To the person who asked about our referral, it came this past July 2009, not 2008. But the GOOD NEWS is..... we got our court date assigned today! November 9th!! Yippee!!!

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  21. Referral: August 11th
    No court date as of yet.

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  22. Received Referral on 8/17/09
    No court date yet.

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  23. We just got our court date for November 5th.
    This is our first court date and we received our referral August 19th. We were submitted to court the day it opened (last Monday)

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  24. We just got ours this afternoon...I am still shaking with excitement!!!!
    referral: Aug. 15th, CD: Nov. 2nd

    Yay!!!!!

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  25. Referral 9-25
    No court date yet

    Good luck to all of the court dates in the next couple of weeks

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  26. Referral: August 24
    Court Date (1st): November 10

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  27. Referral- August 12
    Court Date (1st)- November 5

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  28. Anonymous said...
    Referral: April 8, 2009
    1st Court Date :received today for Nov. 4, 2009

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  29. Heard through our agency that a court date issued today is scheduled for 11/17/09. Has anyone heard of a later date?

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  30. We have a first court date for Nov. 13th.
    We are reusing our dossier from our first adoption in early 2008. Our file was reopened with MOWA about 3 weeks ago.

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  31. Anon 5:41 pm, this is the latest date I've heard.

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  32. The latest Ethiopian court date I have heard is 11/24.

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  33. We just found out our 4th court date is November 25th.

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  34. We got a referral on 7/2 and our first date of Oct 7th was postponed to Oct 22nd due to courts not reopening as scheduled and we just heard that our case was again postponed to Nov 23rd :( Hoping 3rd is the charm.

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  35. our referral was may 31, yesterday was our first court date, we did not pass due to missing paperwork. rescheduled for thurs.

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  36. Court date- November 6th
    Dossier submitted to court (for waiting child)- August 14th

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  37. Referral date - 8/20/09
    First court date - 10/26/09 -- did not pass. Was told additional documentation is needed (relinquishment case). Tentatively being told our case will be reheard 10/29/09.

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  38. Our referral was 5/31 and we still don't have a court date!!!!! I am so disgusted at this point and not sure if this adoption is EVER gonna happen!!!!!

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  39. I hear ya! I just want some information! It's encouraging but frustrating to see all these court dates when my agency hasn't even confirmed that the court is hearing cases!

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  40. We passed court! We are hers!
    Referral~ March 2
    Court #1~ May 14
    Court #2~ June 2
    Court #3~June 8
    Court #4~ Oct. 27/28
    Hang in there everyone, it is so worth the wait!!

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  41. Does anybody know about when MOWA instituted a new rule requiring 5 days notice to prepare court documents (instead of the previous 1 day notice)? We got bumped from Oct 27 to Nov 16 after interminable delays. Our 1st court date was April 29.

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  42. Anon 6:57,
    First of all, I'm so sorry you've been waiting so long to pass court. I hope your Nov court date goes smoothly!

    I had heard that MOWA has a new director now and that changes in the process were being made, but haven't heard anything specifically about a new 5 day wait for court documents. I also haven't heard of any other court dates being bumped for this reason.

    Hopefully somebody has some information for you!

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  43. We had our referral on June 8th and have still no courtdate ... due to a problem with one of the orphanages our son staid in (Medhanialem's). But I see we are not the only to wait for soooo long. Do the other parents know what the problem is ... and why they have no CT ??? I wish good luck to all of you and specially to the ones who have been waiting for so long. ... I am sure it is worth waiting :-)

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  44. For my daughter (referral in Oct 2008) there was an orphanage problem and so she didn't get a court date until June of 2009. Finally passed #5 court date in August. So if there is an orphanage problem it can majorily delay things. She is home now if that makes you feel any better Mama de Lilian :)

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  45. EthioPap- One idea for your next post is allow people to track court date to travel date for everyone who is receiving dates and passing court since the shut down. I've heard of agencies giving everything from 3wk estimates to 10 wk estimates from a successful court date. I'd be curious to see if there really are any delays from the new embassy requirements. Thanks!

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  46. Referral 9 OCT, court date 30 NOV...we were also told to expect to travel at 6 weeks post passing court due to the new paperwork process for the Embassy

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  47. we had referral 7 oct... we didn't receive court date yet...

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  48. Official referral in OCT (although we've been matched with our baby since April). Court date 2 DEC. Embassy date 11 JAN.

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  49. Referral in July - agency says they can't confirm ANY court cases. I learn more from this blog than I do from my agency. Thank you all for sharing!!!!

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  50. Referral 8/15/09
    1st court date 11/2/09
    rescheduled 12/1/09

    Why are some people rescheduled for the same week and others of us have to wait a whole month...Ours wasn't even a paperwork problem, they just overbooked and we were at the end of the list....

    Also, how do some of you know your embassy dates even before court happens? Our agency won't give any indication of travel until a week after we pass court. Sorry for the venting, I am just very frustrated....

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  51. Referral in July.
    No word on a court date. It has been a tough wait. Are some agencies better at getting court dates than others?
    Good Luck to those with dates!

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  52. We also received our referral in July and don't have a court date yet. Can anyone explain how court dates are assigned? I believe our agency submits several requests at once. What determines when a particular family within the same batch is issued a court date? We believe our request was submitted along with several other families, who all now have court dates assigned.

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  53. We received a referral first part of August and are still awaiting a court date. There were at least 13 people who got referrals the same time or after us who have gotten court dates. Apparently we were missing paperwork and have yet to hear about a court date. On top of that we were told that we have to wait 8 weeks after passing court to travel. I too would love to know how the court dates are assigned.

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  54. Received referral 7/29/09
    Paperwork submitted week of Oct 12
    Received court date 10/23
    Court date 11/17

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  55. We got our referral on May 31, 2009 and are STILL waiting for a court date! This sucks!

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  56. Referral 8/29/09
    No court date yet.

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  57. We finally received our court date.

    Referral: 7/30/09
    Notified of Court Date: 11/5/09
    Court Date: 12/4/09

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  58. "Anonymous said...
    We got our referral on May 31, 2009 and are STILL waiting for a court date! This sucks!

    November 5, 2009 1:19 PM "

    Which agency are you with?

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  59. We received our court date yesterday.
    Referral: 10/12/09
    Court Date: 12/8/09
    Carla

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  60. We were first told our court date would be November 18, but a later phone call said that was in error and it would be the 20th. (Our child is a waiting child--a 5-6 yr. old little girl with a special need.)

    On the 20th, we received word that the MOWA rep. responsible for our case had taken 'a holiday' in honor of the UN's Universal Child Day. Our case was not heard & was postponed.

    Our new date is December 18th & I'm not feeling so warm & fuzzy on that.

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  61. Our third court date did not pass. Rescheduled for sometime around the end of December. Referral 9/2008

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  62. Our court date came and passed and still don't know if we passed. referral 9 OCT, court 30 NOV

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  63. our courtdate was on nov 26th. It has to be rescheduled due to the advice of MOWA that wasn't on time .... Is this problem something that happens often or does this mean that MOWA has found things that needs more investigation ??????

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  64. In Denmark we hear of many cases that gets delayed due to missing papers from MOWA.
    In pretty much every case the papers are there for the second courtdate and most cases passes.

    Here we are wondering how come it seems that MOWA has become more of a "problem-maker" AFTER they went on an efficiency-workshop (as they did right after the investigation and delayed all the witing cases even more) - one would have expected the workshop to result in MOWA becoming a "problem-solver" instead......

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  65. I totally agree! Our case can't even go to court because we have a missing paper and the MOWA in the region our child is from decided to take a two week break, therefore no paper and no court date (referral in August)???? I know they need to be cautious but give me a break.

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  66. We were one of the ones caught up in the missing paperwork/MOWA training time. Our court date was NOV 30 but we didn't find out until Dec 4th that we passed sometime during the week..

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  67. Referral August 26th...still waiting for a court date due to some investigation?

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  68. Us too. Referral August 17th. Delayed due to investigation. No further information has been given.

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  69. Our referral, October 7th
    First courtdate : November 26th
    paperworks of Mowa missing
    Second courtdate : December 25th....

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  70. anyone with referral in november??? any news???
    pleaaaaase :)

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  71. We had our 2nd court date yesterday (12/18). Our first date was Nov. 20th & the hearing was not held b/c MOWA took a holiday for Universal Day of the Child. Our case again did not go forward b/c MoWA had not written the approval letter necessary.

    Our case is AGAIN reset at the back of the line--January 12th.

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  72. This make me scared.... we have our second the 25th, also MOWA wasn't heard... hope they finsihed our file this time....

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  73. @ Anonymous--4:47 a.m.
    I'm the one who posted about the rescheduled for the 12th of January. I'm imagining there has been a lot of clatter with MoWA not coming prepared & not having the letters ready. Let's hope that clatter is loud enough that they will be good to go on your date. I will be thinking about you!

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  74. Hi, we are also rescheduled again -for the 4th of January. There was a meeting for the judges so they didn't pass any files. The advice of MOWA was ready and is positively...

    so we hope we finally pass January 4th....

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  75. referral beginning of nov 09
    court date passed 12/28/09

    yippieh!

    good luck everyone

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  76. We finally passed on our 4th court date!
    Referral: 9/2008
    1st: 4/22/2009
    2nd: 10/2009
    3rd: 11/2009
    4th: wasn't heard
    4th take 2: Today!

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