Adam's case was set to go to trial at the end of May, but for various reasons got pushed off. I am still waiting to hear about a new court date which I am hoping will be soon. As much as I obviously hope - for our sake - that the case will go to termination and we will be able to adopt Adam, it could still go either way. Regardless of what the determination is, I hope the case is decided soon so we can know what is going on.

Anyway, I met with his law guardian this week. When a case is in court to determine guardianship or issues of termination, a law guardian is appointed to represent the interests of the child or children in question.

Adam's law guardian discussed the issue of contact with us - specifically on whether we are open to contact with one of his siblings (currently with a cousin), should we be able to adopt Adam. We said that we were open to the idea - assuming that identifying information would not be released to his biological parents for safety reasons.

My husband and I were talking a bit about this idea this evening. There is a very real possibility that Adam will grow up with us, in an Orthodox Jewish household, and have a biological brother growing up in a very, very different environment. The only other Orthodox Jewish adoptive family whose child knows that she has biological siblings isn't really interested in being in contact with them, though I think her mom sends her bio family pictures from time to time.

What would Adam's relationship be with his biological brother? What would our relationship be with that family? Would it be like our relationship with Anna's foster family, or would it be strange or strained?