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Without getting into details, we are nearly at about 4 months now because the lawyer fucked up the paperwork. I'm resending in paperwork right now that was originally sent in December. Fucking ridiculous. It doesn't help that this lawyer moves at a snails pace either.
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I can certainly understand your frustration. If it helps any, the lawyer is a human being, and all humans make mistakes. Unfortunately, with any government bureacracy, it can often be very difficult to understand HOW they want to see the paperwork done, and because the adoption is passing through a specific county's court system, every county probably interprets things a bit different even though the state law is the same. So even if your lawyer has done this same paperwork in the same state before, it's possible the county court system in particular is the one that is at fault. I know it's frustrating, it was heart-breaking to hear our friend's relay their story over facebook. The irony of it is the friend's that had a seamless adoption process had their baby in-custody at a later date, but still got full adoptive rights sooner than the other couple. It seemed so un-fair, and it definitely stinks.
I assume you're the one adopting. Do you have custody of the child currently and you're just awaiting the adoption process to finalize? If so, stop sweating the hiccups in the process, enjoy the little one, and let the lawyers handle it. It's government bureacracy at it's best and as much as I dislike many lawyers, they are good at navigating the bureacracy even if they do take a wrong turn here and there.