Another Friday Come and Gone

No call from our agency today, so apparently we're still in PGN. However, things are still moving. For a matter-of-fact, Amy over at A Daughter to Love just posted news that they are out of PGN. They were resubmitted to PGN the day before we were, so maybe, just maybe our time is coming.


Overall, this has actually been a slow weeks of posted "outs" on the forum in comparison to the last couple of weeks. Rumors had been flying that PGN was trying to get all the in process cases approved so everything could move to the new system, but they have a long ways to go before that can happen. On top of everything, the new Central Authority (CA) in Guatemala hasn't been working well. For those who may not know, CA is the government entity in Guatemala that will over see adoptions for the country. This is a requirement of the Hague and in the U.S. it is the Department of State. To make a long and somewhat complicated story short and sweet, the CA is requiring that all in process cases (those with registered Power of Attorneys prior to December 31st, 2007) be registered with the CA. The attorney fills out the required registration form and submits it to the CA. The CA, in return, supplies a certificate of registration to the attorney on that case. However, the CA in Guatemala hasn't received their funding from the government to even purchase office supplies. Therefore, things aren't working out as planned. In addition, the CA keeps changing their minds on the registration form and as of today it was reported that they've changed the form for a third time and this form is required. So, even if the attorney completed and submitted the last form, it has to be redone. The other problem is that the departing Guatemalan president selected 3 people who would be in charge of the CA the day before the new in-coming president took office. This has caused some political turmoil and the new president is trying to get two of the three removed from this position and it's turned into a legal battle. Believe me, this is the short and sweet version of what's been happening. Thus, just another reason that I really want Lili's case to be approved and out of PGN "soon." If you really want to read more detail, click on the Guatadopt link on the right hand side of my blog page.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend and that next week I'll have some really good news to post.