Corbin Court Update

Wow what a crazy weekend. We went to court on Friday for Corbin. It went good. We were told by Corbin's Social Worker before we got him that he had some Indian in him but not enough to register with a tribe. It is a requirement from the department that some kind of contact be made with the Fathers Tribe making them aware that this child is going up for adoption. So letters have been sent out to the three Cherokee tribes in the US. We are now just waiting for those tribes to send back some communication saying they have no interest. Corbin has 5 other brother and sisters and the tribes have had no interest in them so we don't for see any problems. Once we get those letters then Corbin's birth father is served with papers to terminate his parental rights and once those have been terminated then we can start the adoption process. We are now just playing the waiting game. We will keep you updated. We return to court for a "Post-Permanency" hearing in June. We could already be in the adoption process by then so at that point we would go before the judge and let him know how the adoption process is going and how the baby is doing health wise.