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Article 24
The court has extended their closure due to training. Many with early October court dates have already been rescheduled for later in the month; the latest date I've heard so far is October 21st. Here...
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Courts open
At least one US agency confirmed today the courts are now open. Good luck to those with court dates this week!Updated: Another US agency announced today (10/13) that the courts are indeed open.
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Medhanialem Investigation
Apparently the orphanage known as Medhanialem Children’s Help Association, which is thought to be a newer institution, is under investigation by the police, and holding up court dates of those whose...
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Court dates
(post bumped)It was requested that a post be started about court dates so people could get an idea of current dates being assigned. Please post your newly assigned court dates here, whether it's the...
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Embassy Dates
Since the court re-opened, there has been talk of some new delays between court date and embassy/travel date. One US agency is saying it will now be 8 weeks from court to embassy, another is telling...
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Article 19
An email I received:My agency informed us on November 13th that our case, among five others within our agency, is caught up in a delay due to an investigation of the local government (I guess this is...
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Relinquishment hold in the Assela region
An email:Two weeks ago we were told that the courts will not be hearing relinquishment cases in the Assela region. There is a hold due to MOWA revising their procedures and policies. Our case is the...
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Article 17
For those who have not yet read the story about one family's recent experience with adoption corruption, please see this blog post (posted with permission).
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Requiring parents to appear in court
One US agency is reporting that the Ethiopian government is currently discussing the idea of requiring prospective adoptive parents to be present at their children's court hearings. This would mean...
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Relinquishment hold in Oromia region
An email:We have been told since September that there is a "hold" on relinquishment cases (Oromo Region). Does anyone have any information about this. How long is this hold supposed to last?
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State Department Adoption Notice
(edited)The United States has issued a statement regarding the I-604/orphan investigation of all children before an immigration visa can be issued. It is unclear at this time if they are requiring a...
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Article 13
One US agency is saying that the new State department rule is currently only affecting children from one particular orphanage, and that the prospective parents of those children have been notified of...
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Parents now required to attend court
updated 3/31 11:30 am ESTAs many of you know, an announcement was made today that adoptive parents are now required to be present at the court hearings of their prospective children. This has been...
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Gelgela Orphanage
PEAR has posted some very important information regarding Gelgela Orphanage.http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2010/03/ethiopia-gelgela-orphange.html(Some agencies passed this information on to their clients...
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Update on Parents Attending Court-4/13 update
Several agencies confirm that a meeting to discuss the new rule change happened earlier today (Wednesday). At least 2 US agencies are reporting that the rule that parents must now be present for their...
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9 orphanages have had their licenses revoked
The nine are:Adera Child Agar Lewegen Almaz Biruh Zemen Bitania Help for the Needy Holy Savior Kunket Tsega If your child is from one of these orphanages, you should have already been informed. From...
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More on the 9 orphanages and the Oromia hold
Here are the locations of 7 of the 9 orphanages with revoked licenses, if this is of interest to anyone (as far as we can tell, the licenses have not been restored yet.) Adera Child- located in...
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Article 7
A US agency has given an update concerning the situation in the Oromio/Oromia region:-They believe the MOWA office for the Oromio region is still officially closed.-Despite this branch of MOWA being...
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US Embassy staff shortage
At least 2 different US agencies have told their clients that embassy dates have recently been cut in half. This is supposedly due to a staff shortage at the US Embassy (unknown if its just for the...
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Court Re-Opening
A couple agencies are saying court will resume on Monday, September 27, with others saying it's closed through the 27th and re-opening on Tuesday the 28th.
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Birth family court dates
It seems that several agencies have been told that the birth family hearing and adoptive family hearing will now be held (at different times) on the same day. Though at least 2 US agencies with...
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Article 3
From a PAP using a non-US agency:"They have 'stopped' all the adoptions of children with at least one of biological parents alive...It's going to be a meeting in Addis this thursday 13th between...
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Article 2
From a European PAP, concerning the meeting held on the 13th:"They have decided to take off all the referrals with both birth parents alive. At least my agency had 7 families that have been informed....
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BFAS
From adoption.state.gov:February 8, 2011 On December 9, 2010, the Government of Ethiopia revoked the Better Futures Adoption Services’ registration to operate in Ethiopia because of the organization’s...
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Article 0
A European agency reports today that MOWA has approved the adoptions of 63 children from the Gambela region (for various agencies, not just European) that were pending since December. They are now...
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