The Cast of the Court

The cast of the Court ( as our agency facilitator, Zoya, called it.....consisted of six people. They were......the Judge ( a female), the Prosecutor, the representative from the Guardianship Department (this was Svetlana, who observed us with Sasha the first meeting), the Chief Social Worker of the Magadan Specialized Baby Home, the Director of the Orutukan Boarding School (Ludmila) where Kylen attended school and lived), and, of course (kon-YESH-nah), the Court Recorder. As we began the proceedings, the Judge asked both of us (through Zoya, our interpreter)......she asked if we accepted that Zoya would be our interpreter for these proceedings, and if we trusted her to interpret correctly and honestly. We both stated that we trusted her and would accept her translation and interpretation as being in our best interest, as well as being honest. With that......we began!!