New video from March 2007 in Kostanai

Compilation from Robertson Adams on Vimeo.
New video from March 2007 in Kostanai (9 min. 30 sec.)

Outside the courthouse this AM

Outside the courthouse this AM
Originally uploaded by Robertson Adams.

We went to court this morning at 10:30 and things went very smoothly, thanks to the professionalism of our MAPS coordinator, Zhanat and the support of both Ministry of Education and Delphin House. We were asked a few questions, and by 11 am we were smiling on the courthouse steps.

After that, we went to Delphin House to tell the good news to Morgan, who giggled approval, and then did some paperwork related to power-of-attorney and visa documents at a notary office. Tonight we're planning to go to Mango Cafe with Nan and Jim to celebrate the great news.

What's next is a 15-day "appeal period" in which anybody can challenge the decision and so we're not officially the custodians of Morgan Adams until then. We fly home on Sunday April 8th (Easter) and expect to be back in Miami by Monday afternoon. Then, around May 8 or 15 we fly again to Almaty, and a week later we can bring our daughter home.

This is a big milestone and we want to thankd the whole MAPS team including Libby in Maine and Dina in Almaty, and again thanks to Zhanat for making so much of her personal time available to work on our case.