Readoption

Today we went to court to Readopt Ciana.  This is not a requirement in Iowa, but our agency requires it.  It is basically a readoption in the United States of the adoption that was legally final in Taiwan.  It will provide Ciana with a US Birth Certificate.  We took Maya out of her last day of school for a little while so she could be there with the family.  We met our lawyer at his office and walked across the street to the court house.  After the judge walked in, he swore me in and the lawyer asked me a bunch of questions about Ciana like when and how she came to be in our care and if we promised to care for her for the rest of our lives.  Of course I said yes!  After that the judge issued the decree that it was in Ciana's best interest to be adopted into our family.  Even though the adoption was really final in Taiwan, this was still a pretty special occasion for our family.