[turtle7]

I am in the process of a second parent adoption and was told at the beginning that it would take between 3-4 months to complete. It has been 4 and a half months now and there seems to be no end in sight. Does anyone know how long it truly takes to complete a second parent adoption?

After many weeks of no news I have become worried and trying to communicate with my lawyer is like trying to break into Fort Knox. So, I am just trying to figure out if I am being too anxious and impatient or if I have a legitimate concern. Again, if you have any information on this topic and can tell me the typical time frame for completing a second parent adoption that would be great.

[Samual]

You need to go and see your lawyer and demand to see all the progress he has made and all the letters he has sent, then if they are in order contact social services to see why the process is being delayed. Have you had your police checks completed yet? They can take quite sometime to come through. It takes as long as social services and your lawyer takes, my children aren't second parent adopted but time frames are always different, our oldest was officially adopted 1month after we started the process, then our second took six months and with Pippa we applied two months ago and we aren't nearly there.