Here is our question (just to give you an idea of where she is coming
> from in her answer): It is my understanding that MOWA basically
> approves us (the family) for adoption. Not that they actually do any
> research on potential orphans. If this is indeed the case, isn't it
> possible that we are past the point of MOWA approval as we have been DTE
> for over 6 months now?
> Here is her answer: "Thank you for your question. MOWA is the central
> authority on all children's issues. On paper, they are the
> approving party for both dossier and children's documents (whether a
> child should get a passport, birth certificate, adoption, visa, etc).
> Thus, they are the authority on anything relating to a child in
> Ethiopia. Regarding MOWA and the recommendation letters: These letters
> are not sent to court until the actual day of a family's court case.
> However, these letters are a necessity for a family to pass court. If
> MOWA does decide to significantly decrease the amount of recommendation
> letters signed and sent per day, this means more families will not be
> passing court on the first attempt (which could slow down the overall
> process). Currently, about 60% of families pass court on the first
> date.
> To answer your question, this letter is not sent until the day of court
> and "not sending" the letter does not necessarily mean your
> family is rejected. It may mean your family's case needs to be
> re-submitted to court until they do submit one. Before this change,
> MOWA neglected to send recommendation letters for families often, which
> resulted in families not passing court multiple times.
> We are unsure how long this decrease will be in place, in addition to
> how significant of an impact it will have (depending on the amount of
> cases they actually decrease per day). We do know that the judges and
> the Ethiopian courts are major advocates for adoption and are presently
> pushing MOWA to continue to process many cases per day.
> Right now families will still travel for court dates, but may not pass
> if MOWA does not send a recommendation letter. The family would then
> give their consent to adopt the child at court, and our Power of
> Attorney would go to court for the family on the subsequent dates.
> This all being said, we are unaware of timelines at this point. We will
> need to watch and see the effect over coming weeks/months in order to
> see if it will impinge on timelines. At present, meetings are taking
> place between MOWA and the Ethiopian courts. Once we have confirmed
> information, we will relay this to families."
> from in her answer): It is my understanding that MOWA basically
> approves us (the family) for adoption. Not that they actually do any
> research on potential orphans. If this is indeed the case, isn't it
> possible that we are past the point of MOWA approval as we have been DTE
> for over 6 months now?
> Here is her answer: "Thank you for your question. MOWA is the central
> authority on all children's issues. On paper, they are the
> approving party for both dossier and children's documents (whether a
> child should get a passport, birth certificate, adoption, visa, etc).
> Thus, they are the authority on anything relating to a child in
> Ethiopia. Regarding MOWA and the recommendation letters: These letters
> are not sent to court until the actual day of a family's court case.
> However, these letters are a necessity for a family to pass court. If
> MOWA does decide to significantly decrease the amount of recommendation
> letters signed and sent per day, this means more families will not be
> passing court on the first attempt (which could slow down the overall
> process). Currently, about 60% of families pass court on the first
> date.
> To answer your question, this letter is not sent until the day of court
> and "not sending" the letter does not necessarily mean your
> family is rejected. It may mean your family's case needs to be
> re-submitted to court until they do submit one. Before this change,
> MOWA neglected to send recommendation letters for families often, which
> resulted in families not passing court multiple times.
> We are unsure how long this decrease will be in place, in addition to
> how significant of an impact it will have (depending on the amount of
> cases they actually decrease per day). We do know that the judges and
> the Ethiopian courts are major advocates for adoption and are presently
> pushing MOWA to continue to process many cases per day.
> Right now families will still travel for court dates, but may not pass
> if MOWA does not send a recommendation letter. The family would then
> give their consent to adopt the child at court, and our Power of
> Attorney would go to court for the family on the subsequent dates.
> This all being said, we are unaware of timelines at this point. We will
> need to watch and see the effect over coming weeks/months in order to
> see if it will impinge on timelines. At present, meetings are taking
> place between MOWA and the Ethiopian courts. Once we have confirmed
> information, we will relay this to families."
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