Frustrated

Apparently being willing to represent us and actually representing us are 2 different things. Since it had been over a week since the 2 attorneys were meeting, we decided to email Jay to find out what was going on.

Ms. Montgomery told Jay last week she has to think it over and will get back to him. If she agrees, then we will need to have conference call to discuss the case, after which Sean and I will need to decide if we want her to be our attorney.

As always...thanks for your continued prayers!

More Info Coming Soon

Here is another email we received today from Jay:

I had a conf call earlier today with John Perlman and Dianna (sp?) Montgomery ,who is an attorney who is lic. to practice in the San Carlos Apache tribal court. Ms Montgomery stated she is willing to represent Sean and Katrina to finalize the adoption. Before she has a phone call with Sean and Katrina, she is going to review the legal memorandum I drafted on the ICWA and she and I will have a follow up phone call on Sept 19th or 22nd.

So sometime after the 22nd we will know what our next step is! Thanks again for your prayers!!

Rounding Second Base!

Here is an email from our ICWA attorney Jay McCarthy:
Great news the hearing in tribal court went well and Cynthia signed the ICWA consent…The Judge was unwilling to sign an order to terminate the alleged birth father’s parental rights, given that he does not live on the reservation . Thus I will file a motion in state court for this order. The next step is John Perlman and I visiting with an attorney to determine if she will represent Mr and Mrs Kelley for purposes of finalization

This is GREAT news for us! Our attorney feels that all should go well, but of course we can't assume anything. We will hopefully know more early next week as to what steps are next. More than likely we will be heading back to Phoenix to finalize Kenna's adoption!

But as Jay said tonight we are rounding second base! We're half way there!!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!