One Down, Nine to Go

Good News FINALLY.

The Philly family just won their case in Taraz. They decided to "redo" parts of their case in the Taraz system. This option may be available to the other Taraz Ten families if they choose to take it.

We are continuing our route to the Kazakh Supreme Court. Today, we received a copy of our motion. Of course, it was in Russian so we had to translate it online via Google Translation. The motion is only six pages but it should do the job. It reinforced some improprieties by the lower courts and supported our rights to parent "Tai and Macks" under Kazakh law.

Often the words Google Translation provides are depressing. For example, the boys are referred to as "inmates" of Umit House. When they were abandoned, they were called "foundlings". The words referring to their health are much more harsh. So it was cute to see their names translated to "Tai and Macks".

One of the Canadian families will have their Supreme Court hearing in a week and a half. We are keeping our fingers crossed for them and hope they will lead us to success.

Marcia

P.S. There wasn't a cute translation for my name. I was just "Mrs. Newton".