October 16, 2009: Further Information on New Court Requirements
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Dixie, from God's Littlest Angels has recently provided additional information on how the court process is proceeding as a result of the new requirement that parents must make a second trip to Haiti. She had posted an update on GLA's website earlier in the week; however, she was trying to find out more information and so I was waiting to send an update until I had more information to pass along.
After a family has traveled to Haiti and signed for the local judge, the judge issues a new "process verbal" (one of the legal documents that is part of the child's dossier) to be added to the child's dossier. This new process verbal reflects that a parent has traveled and met their child. Originally Dixie had been told that a new process verbal would not be required for families who did not meet with the judge, and that for these families, they would only need to show evidence that the family had been to Haiti. However, this week, Dixie has found out that a new process verbal is required for these families too. Once the new process verbals have been issued by the local judge, they must be added to the child's dossier. For families not yet in the Court process, this will not change their process at all except for having to have this additional document issued. However, for families currently in the Court process, their dossiers must be returned to Parquet to have the Parquet approval's date changed to reflect the date on the new process verbal. Dixie is not expecting that this will be a long process; she is not expecting these dossiers to get mixed with the dossiers that are currently in the Parquet stage. Once the change has been made to the Parquet approval, the complete dossier will return to the courts. Dossiers that have already received court approval are not impacted by these changes.
There are still some unknowns as this is still a new process; however, hopefully this helps clarify some questions families may have.
Bookmark :
Dixie, from God's Littlest Angels has recently provided additional information on how the court process is proceeding as a result of the new requirement that parents must make a second trip to Haiti. She had posted an update on GLA's website earlier in the week; however, she was trying to find out more information and so I was waiting to send an update until I had more information to pass along.
After a family has traveled to Haiti and signed for the local judge, the judge issues a new "process verbal" (one of the legal documents that is part of the child's dossier) to be added to the child's dossier. This new process verbal reflects that a parent has traveled and met their child. Originally Dixie had been told that a new process verbal would not be required for families who did not meet with the judge, and that for these families, they would only need to show evidence that the family had been to Haiti. However, this week, Dixie has found out that a new process verbal is required for these families too. Once the new process verbals have been issued by the local judge, they must be added to the child's dossier. For families not yet in the Court process, this will not change their process at all except for having to have this additional document issued. However, for families currently in the Court process, their dossiers must be returned to Parquet to have the Parquet approval's date changed to reflect the date on the new process verbal. Dixie is not expecting that this will be a long process; she is not expecting these dossiers to get mixed with the dossiers that are currently in the Parquet stage. Once the change has been made to the Parquet approval, the complete dossier will return to the courts. Dossiers that have already received court approval are not impacted by these changes.
There are still some unknowns as this is still a new process; however, hopefully this helps clarify some questions families may have.
