Kateryna Selene Hemmen. We did the court hearing in the judges office- the
"mean-" judge who everyone used to get here is now gone and has been
replaced by a nicer young lady about 40 years old. She had two staff
present, the kgrad lawyer was there, the lawyer from katyas orphanages was
there and a representative from the oblast inspectors office - Nina did not
make it back to kgrad and our friend sveta ended up translating for us in
court. they asked us many questions, especially about why we wanted older
kids and why we just didnt have bio kids of our own. they asked this like 5
times.they also asked about how we planned to help the girls learn english.
we pick up the decree on friday the 27 or saturday the 28 and then pick up
the girls on saturday, visit aunt nadia on sunday and finally get the new
passports and birth certs started on monday - for those of you in ukraine or
about to be here, there is supposedly some new law about the new passports
and birth certs having to go through kyiv, which may add a few days on to
the wait in region. this is what the local lawyer told us anyways. she also
said we have to have the passport photos done at the local passport office
and not in any shop in the town. makes no sense to me, but hey.....
other than that, we are hanging at svetas every day and meeting her friends
and friends of her son.
love,
mel and andrew
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