A glimmer of hope...

I left messages yesterday with EVERYONE I thought might be able to help me. My homestudy Social Worker called and said she had the phone number for the CIS caseworker. One woman handles all the adoption cases, and the SW says she is a very reasonable woman.

Some of my online gang also found me the webiste for an internal CIS memo that explicitly states there are exceptions to waiting until the homestudy is complete. Basically it says the wait is a guidline and not intended to be the "rule". It pretty much states that as long as the adoptive parent understands the prints are only good for 6 months and they still request an appointment, then go ahead and let them get their fingerprints done. At $70 a pop, you think they'd be happy if the prints expire and the parents have to do them again!!!