Friday, April 07, 2006

NOT SO BUMPY AFTER ALL!

In our last case update on 3/23 we were told that our file had not yet been released from Family Court. Well we just got an update yesterday and it turns out is was released the next day and we entered PGN on 3/28! Once again, here is the description of what PGN is:
PGN (Procuraduria General de la Nacion – the Guatemalan Attorney General’s office)
PGN REVIEW AND APPROVAL The attorney submits the adoption case file and a petition for approval of the adoption to a notarial** officer of the PGN. A PGN notary reviews all documents in the case file and, at his/her discretion, may independently investigate one or more aspects of the case. PGN may reject the file (issue a previo) any number of times for a wide variety of reasons that range from serious (e.g., irregularities in the birth mother’s or child’s identity documents) to minor (e.g., minor spelling errors, expired notary seals). The attorney for the birth mother and adoptive family corrects the problem and resubmits the case to PGN. Ultimately, the PGN typically concurs with the Family Court’s recommendation and issues its approval for the adoption to proceed.

The crazy part is that we could we out in two weeks or two months! A lot depends on if our case has corrections required! Our attorney is known for getting cases through quickly, so we'll see what happens. Since Guatemala is a largely Catholic country, many of the offices are closed most of next week in observance of Holy Week. It is likely we won't hear anything until the last week of April! Once we are told we are out of PGN - we will likely travel to pick her up in 2-3 weeks! May is looking quite realistic! Hopefully more news soon!

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