Ordered and adjudged

We’ve received a signed and notarized copy of the Final Judgment of Adoption, along with a nice card from the judge. Forthwith the highlights:

This cause came on for hearing on this day upon the Petition for Adoption filed herein, and the Court having reviewed the file herein and having been duly advised in the premises, the Court finds as follows:

The adoptive home is suitable for the minor and the adoption of the minor by the Petitioners is in the best interest of the minor child.

It is upon consideration thereof, ordered and adjudged as follows:

The Petition for Adoption is hereby granted.

The Petitioners, M and L, are hereby declared to be the parents of the minor child, David Alexander, creating the relationship between the minor child and the Petitioners and all relatives of the Petitioners that would have existed if the minor child was a blood descendant of the Petitioners, entitled to all rights and privileges thereof, and subject to all obligations of a child born to said Petitioners.

David Alexander, now recognized by the Court as son, grandson, nephew, cousin. Forever ours, in the broadest and best possible sense.