{"id":222431,"date":"2020-04-25T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=222431"},"modified":"2020-04-24T17:04:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T22:04:21","slug":"first-zoom-adoption-woman-sons-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/first-zoom-adoption-woman-sons-foster-care\/","title":{"rendered":"First ever adoption over Zoom makes woman and sons from foster care feel &#8216;super awesome&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A foster mom in Ohio refused to let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent her from adopting her two boys and officially becoming their mother.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My biggest fear was not being able to adopt them and having to wait,&#8221; Emily Erdman told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/ohio-woman-finalizes-adoptions-through-video-call-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-82362437957\">NBC Nightly News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With courts closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, Erdman still found a way to make the adoption happen. She was able to have the adoption finalized through a Zoom meeting with the judge on April 14 &#8212; the first to be done this way. Her boys &#8212; John Qezz (age six) and Jah&#8217;heem (age four) &#8212; were &#8220;very excited&#8221; and said it feels &#8220;super awesome&#8221; to finally be adopted after 1,288 days in foster care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wihv0lNDyu4\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Erdman is currently on leave from her job as an occupational therapy assistant and said it&#8217;s been &#8220;a good opportunity for me to be home with my kids and keep us all safe.&#8221; The court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/cincinnati-woman-officially-adopts-her-two-boys-through-video-call-with-judge\/32208989\">offered<\/a> her the opportunity to finalize the adoption through Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words can&#8217;t describe how great it felt to know that we would be this big family for the years to come,&#8221; said Erdman.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/cincinnati-woman-officially-adopts-her-two-boys-through-video-call-with-judge\/32208989\">WLWT<\/a> that &#8220;sometimes life&#8217;s most precious moments come during the most challenging times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the adoption, friends and family organized a parade of decorated cars that drove by the family&#8217;s home, cheering and honking.<\/p>\n<p>As pet shelters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/call-has-been-answered-animal-shelters-across-u-s-are-n1186351\">empty out<\/a> during the pandemic because people want to foster animals, organizations working with foster children in Ohio are asking for good people to step up to foster children. &#8220;We need heroes right now,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2020\/04\/04\/foster-families-children-coronavirus-pandemic\/2947344001\/\">said<\/a> Lara LaRoche, intake director of children services. &#8220;If there&#8217;s any willingness to make themselves available, we need them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A foster mom in Ohio refused to let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent her from adopting her two boys and officially becoming their mother. &#8220;My biggest fear was not being able to adopt them and having to wait,&#8221; Emily Erdman told NBC Nightly News. 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