{"id":1082532,"date":"2021-12-04T00:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T05:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1082532"},"modified":"2021-12-04T00:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T05:43:42","slug":"watch-judges-finalize-27-adoptions-in-one-day-including-9-teens-a-dream-finally-realized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-judges-finalize-27-adoptions-in-one-day-including-9-teens-a-dream-finally-realized\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH&#8211; Judges Finalize 27 Adoptions in One Day, Including 9 Teens: &#039;A Dream Finally Realized&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-judges-finalize-27-adoptions-in-one-day-including-9-teens-a-dream-finally-realized%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1082532&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/adoption-gavel-court-family-stock-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Judges in Kent County, Michigan, brought multiple families together on Thursday during the county\u2019s 25th annual Adoption Day.<\/p>\n<p>Inside six different courtrooms, 27 children had the chance to change their last names while finalizing paperwork with their loved ones, WOOD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\/news\/kent-county\/theyre-my-family-kent-county-judges-finalize-27-adoptions\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019, there were over 2,100 adoptions in the state, but less than ten percent involved children aged 13 to 17. However, the Kent County Circuit Court announced it finalized paperwork for a record nine teens on the important day this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KentCountyMI\/posts\/203593255288501\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"25.920634920635\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100069134832733\/posts\/203593255288501\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"9.015873015873\">\n<p>The 17th Circuit Court \u201cFamily Division Bunch\u201d will be celebrating its 25th annual Adoption Day via Zoom this Thursday,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KentCountyMI\">Kent County, Michigan<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100069134832733\/posts\/203593255288501\/\">Tuesday, November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>One individual who was adopted this week was 14-year-old Pierce Overway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have taken me into their house and have loved me ever since I\u2019ve been here,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jp0GFh9VByA\">said<\/a> of his family when the judge asked why he wished to be adopted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018They\u2019re my family\u2019: Kent County judges finalize 27 adoptions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jp0GFh9VByA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The court said he spent the past seven years in foster care and lived with ten different families during that time.<\/p>\n<p>Although many of the adoptions took place online, Judge Patricia Gardner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accesskent.com\/Courts\/17thcc\/judges.htm#gardner\">made<\/a> one exception for a teenager whom she watched go through the foster care system for nearly 3,000 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you tell me in your own words why you want this adoption confirmed?\u201d Gardner asked her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they\u2019re my family,\u201d 15-year-old Marissa Holmes answered.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kent County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KentCountyMI\/posts\/205085195139307\">shared<\/a> photos of the young woman in the courtroom on her special day:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KentCountyMI\/posts\/205085195139307\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"26.6\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100069134832733\/posts\/205085195139307\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"11.083333333333\">\n<p>\u201cMarissa is a fun, energetic, and active fifteen-year-old.  She loves cheer, music, and being a normal teenager. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KentCountyMI\">Kent County, Michigan<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100069134832733\/posts\/205085195139307\/\">Thursday, December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>She had been in the foster care system for nearly eight years and lived in 13 homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that this has been a long time coming is an understatement. You deserved this long, long ago,\u201d a social worker said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, her adoptive parents plan to continue showing her what it means to be a family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can make mistakes, we can make errors. We can make a not-so-great choice and I don\u2019t always have to agree with the choices she makes but she is always loved through those choices,\u201d her mother, Barbara Holmes, noted.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner explained that ceremonies such as Thursday\u2019s highlighted the need for more foster families and people willing to adopt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time you have a child enter the system, they enter with much concern, and you wonder what will be their journey,\u201d she commented. \u201c(Being adopted is) a dream finally realized for a teenager when that sometimes doesn\u2019t happen for all teens in child welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judges in Kent County, Michigan, brought multiple families together on Thursday during the county\u2019s 25th annual Adoption Day. 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