Hmm...I knew a family in Louisiana that adopted. They got temporary custody. The judge made them come back for several months after they thought it should have been finalized. They thought the judge was just trying to make them angry so they’d lose the child. They kept their cool and were eventually awarded parenthood.
Are there any Wisconsinites out there? Would DCF seize this child immediately upon entry into Wisconsin? I don’t believe it but maybe I’m wrong. Now yes the couple won’t get official parenthood until the shutdown is over but I can’t believe they’d lose custody.
When Tennessee’s government shut down a few years ago I had to go back to the car dealer twice to get an extension on my temporary tag. I even drove into North Carolina but the North Carolina police didn’t seize my vehicle at the border.
>>>Are there any Wisconsinites out there? Would DCF seize this child immediately upon entry into Wisconsin? I don’t believe it but maybe I’m wrong
By law, you are not allowed to move the adopted child from his originating state until the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is approved by both the receiving and the originating states. We have done interstate adoption twice. Nobody checks on you to confirm that you are still in the state with the child. However, if you do take the child out of state prior to ICPC approval, and something happens - car accident, illness requiring hospitalization - that could come to the attnetion of either the adoption agency or the state, you could lose custody.