Interim resolution
Today, 12 Jan 2006, Rada (Ukraine's parliament) passed law 8680 giving interim authority over adoptions to the National Adoption Center until the new adoption authority is legally established under the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports. The law will come into effect as soon as it is signed by the President, who has up to 15 days to review it. The American Embassy in Ukraine has been informed that the center will reopen after signature by the President.
The embassy is advising those who have previously scheduled January appointements to not travel to Ukraine until the NAC has issued a notice publically confirming that those appointments will be honored.
Still no word on if and when letters will be sent to prospective adoptive families (such as Steph and I) who were registered with the NAC and supposed to be notified in January of our appointment date. A notice posted by the Embassy yesterday indicated that the interim authority is valid through May 1, 2006, at which time the new authority will be in place.
It still remains to be seen whether or not we will receive a letter from the NAC. Perhaps we will have to wait until the new authority takes over to receive an appointment. I certainly hope not. If we do receive an appointment notice from the NAC will the appointment be honored by the new authority? I certainly hope so.
The embassy is advising those who have previously scheduled January appointements to not travel to Ukraine until the NAC has issued a notice publically confirming that those appointments will be honored.
Still no word on if and when letters will be sent to prospective adoptive families (such as Steph and I) who were registered with the NAC and supposed to be notified in January of our appointment date. A notice posted by the Embassy yesterday indicated that the interim authority is valid through May 1, 2006, at which time the new authority will be in place.
It still remains to be seen whether or not we will receive a letter from the NAC. Perhaps we will have to wait until the new authority takes over to receive an appointment. I certainly hope not. If we do receive an appointment notice from the NAC will the appointment be honored by the new authority? I certainly hope so.
posted by Baldwin at 2:39 PM
1 Comments:
Ugh...we're so sorry to hear about this delay. I know it must be really hard. God's timing is always the best, but it sure is hard when you're still waiting. We'll pray that you'll be given patience and that you won't have to wait for long!
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