Today Was the Day

We appeared in court this morning. Our lawyer explained that he wanted us there in case the judge had in questions. His hope was that the judge would hear the motion to have Hannah declared abandoned and that the birth parents didn't respond and go ahead and do everything at one time. But he didn't, he decided to be on the cautious side because this is such a complicated case.

So, here's what happened. The judge got his law book out and decided that it would be best to appoint a guardian ad lit-em (sp?) for Hannah. He's words, "I just want to make sure I cross my t's and dot my i's." This means that the guardian will need to talk with us and come visit and then come back to court and tell them she is being cared for and yada, yada, yada. The judge also agreed that temporary custody could be granted to us since we have been taking care of her all this time. Basically, he wants to rule in our favor, but he wants to be sure nobody can come back and say, "Yeah, but you didn't follow the true letter of the law, so now we can contest."

All that to say, we have a new court date of May 20. On that date, the judge will hear from the guardian ad lit-em, go over all the motions from our lawyer, and hopefully grant the Order of Deprivation we need to send to the next lawyer in Georgia.

We're getting closer!!