Word from Our Attorney, Via Agency

I finally received an email from our agency last night confirming we did in fact get a previo on our case. Obviously, I was hoping that PGN had made a mistake, but in this case, they were right on the money. Bummer! Anyway, our attorney did pick up the previo and the reason we were kicked out was due to an "error" on Lili's birth certificate. There is a section on the birth certificate where the registrar types in the place and address of her birth. On Lili's birth certificate the address is listed, but not the name of the facility. The bottom of the birth certificate states she was delivered by mid-wife at a health clinic. However, since the name of the health clinic is not stated, PGN decided to issue a previo. According to our attorney, this has not caused a problem before, but in true PGN fashion, this time it's a problem.

Our attorney has already submitted the birth certificate to the registrar's office and hopes to have it back next week and our case resubmitted to PGN. From the time we are resubmitted, we should anticipate another 8 week wait for them to process our case. UGH!!!!!! The other thing we need to keep in mind is that PGN is essentially shut down from December 24th thru January 2nd, so this could delay us another week.

While Dave and I are still disappointed about the delay, we know that a high percentage of cases do have previos issued and once those are fixed, the process continues and children do eventually come home. No, Lili won't be as young as we had hoped when she comes home, but we have no reason to believe that she won't eventually be placed in our arms forever. We can also continue to hope that PGN will actually move a little faster after the holidays and our time in PGN won't last another 8 weeks.