Taraz 10 Update...not a Yes, not a No, Back to Taraz they go

The first Canadian couple had their preliminary hearing before the supreme court on Thursday. This is my best understanding of what happened. A and E arrived in Astana with their Kaz Attorney and were basically told that the Supreme Court refused to hear their case and that A and E needed to go back to Taraz and re-start at the Municipal Court the same way B and J did. I pray this is a good thing for them with the exception of having wasted energy/money with paper work for the Supreme court and the extra time, stress and anxiety in the process.

I also learned today that the 2nd Canadian couple, F and M, going the Supreme Court route is scheduled for November 18, 2010. It is believed that the Supreme court will refuse their case as well because they will ask them to re-start their process at the municipal court.

My understanding is the reason why they are asking the families to re-start at the municipal court is because they now have the signatures of the locals who refused to adopt the children and these signatures are only valid at the municipal level.

The silver lining in all this for these two couples is that they will be reunited with their children for the coming weeks in Taraz. Please keep the remaining 7 families and 9 children in your prayers that they follow in B and J's footsteps this go round in the Municipal court and get the "DAs" that they deserve.