Lately the adoption paperwork has been overwhelming. Not so much the forms or letters or instructions themselves -- just the pressure of depending on others to follow the agency's instructions!!
We have to obtain 20 some documents/statements/letters all of which have to be notarized. There can be no mistakes! Just feeling the pressure right now, that's all!
So, today one of the bigger dossier items is being tackled -- our notarized letter from our bank. Thankfully we live in a small town with a hometown/family bank of which I've been a customer since I can remember (12 years old?) I spoke with the bank manager this morning and she is willing to do our letter and have it notarized. She seemed to "get" it where I've read a lot of big banks in larger cities give families a hard time with notarizing a bank statement.
Next week Jason and I both have our physicals. Once our lab results come in we need to have the dr. write a letter for each of us and it has to be notarized. They also seemed to "get" it -- where my old family practice did not. The receptionist acted like she just didn't have the time to answer my questions. Although I have a longer history at the first practice, I have been to the new practice once (for a cold) and already have a better feeling about getting my physical and medical letter done there.
We are waiting on our police clearance to come back so I can take a trip to our local police station and have a letter written on our behalf (and, you guessed it! notarized).
The "problem" with the notary thing is the dates on the forms have to match the date of the notary. The notary's commission cannot expire within a year from now and mostly we have no way of knowing until we get there whether we'll have to start from scratch. I asked our bank's rep when hers expires and she said 4/2012 -- so that's great news. I didn't get a chance to ask the dr's office when their notary's commission expires -- but if it's not in the right time frame I will have to get a traveling notary. Kind of like a side show. If you're a notary, wanna join me? We'll have fun...lol
So paper, paper, paper and more paper!!
I get a lot of satisfaction crossing these things off the list though. So when I get home after my visit to the bank this afternoon I'll be happy to cross that one off the list!!
Whoa, that is a lot of stuff you have to do there. YIKES!! Bank statments, physicals, bloodwork. Wow, I guess I get it, but WOW!! The child placed in your home will be very luck indeed!! All that stuff is something I never thought about. I guess they just want to make sure children are placed with families in good health and with the financial resources to care for them. WOW! I commend you all!
ReplyDeleteWell. . . I guess if Hubby and I ever decide to adopt I'll just cart my brother around with me everywhere. True story: he went to notary class about four years ago and then didn't take the test b/c he thought it was too stressful. Instead, he enrolled in law school!!!! Now, he's an attorney and a notary. Goofball!
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