Officially Adopting Our Son & What the Court Process Is Like | F Word S2Ep5

If you missed season 1, watch here:    • Queer Couple's Journey To Become Foster Pa...   The F Word follows the heartwarming story of one queer couple fostering a child in Oakland, CA. Nicole and Kristan head to court to become J's legal parents! CREDITS Directed by Nicole Opper Produced by Kristan Cassady Nicole Opper Written by Kristan Cassady Laura Green Nicole Opper Co-Producer Natalie Teter Director of Photography Mario Furloni Tijana Petrovic Mike Seely Additional Camera Alix Blair Jen Gilomen Lou Nakasako Nicole Opper Sound Lauretta Molitor Emile Bokaer Additional Sound Anton Herbert Max Hirtenstein Editor Laura Green Composer Diana Sailer Animation Sam Berliner Laura Green Production Assistants Eden Polich Michelle Yau Adoption and Foster Care Consultants Nia Clark Angela Tucker Legal Justine Jacobs Additional Funding Provided by Dave Thomas Foundation Chicken & Egg Pictures Seed & Spark Supporters Special Thanks Dependency Advocacy Center First Place for Youth Foster America Thanks Santa Clara University Tim Rose Mike Whalen Preeti Mishra AnnaLisa Chung Claudia Miller Carrie Lozano Elizabeth Lo Karim Ahmad Kristina Motwani Nels Bangerter Rodrigo Reyes Eugene Yi Emily Cohen Ibañez David Feliz Sutcliffe Débora Souza Silva Contessa Gayles Jen Bradwell Kate McLean Rhonda Roorda Daniel Chien Claire Weissbluth Katie Patterson Samantha Cooper Thank you to our participants: Noel Anaya Elisha Mitchell Katarina Kabick Lawrence Newsome Sherry Lachman Angela Tucker Avery Klein-Cloud Artrese Morrison, Alice Jordan, and DJ Mike and Betty Opper Ann Poppe and Richard Opper The Cassady Family Collier Meyerson Sharon Anderson Jaclene Camacho David Shuster Victoria Ruiz Linda Jordan Ellie DeJong Mario Montemayor Judge Elizabeth Lee Melissa Kertz Sandy DeLeon Emilio Perdomo Zoe Pappis Marguerite Mackenzie Rabbi Dev Noily Shulamit Wise Fairman Hiba Ahmed Tracy Hanna & Family Don Romesburg, David Jon Mould & Family Sheena Haskin & Family Additional Music The Peacock Writer and composer: Abdelrahman Elrayah Additional Photos courtesy of Kyle Glenn Debbie Lee Additional Footage courtesy of Ben Fee Footage from “Off and Running” courtesy of Nicole Opper Based on the Series, THE F WORD, a Co-Production of NICOLE OPPER PRODUCTIONS, LLC and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS), with funding provided by CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING We love to connect with YOU, no matter what language you speak. Help SoulPancake create captions in your language by clicking here: http://bit.ly/27FqhGH ▃ ▅ ▆ SUBSCRIBE to SoulPancake ▆ ▅ ▃ http://bitly.com/SoulPancakeSubscribe THE SPOONFUL, our weekly dose of good stuff from across the web: http://ow.ly/t7K7p Buy our BOOK: http://book.soulpancake.com Follow us on FACEBOOK:   / soulpancake   TWEET us at:   / soulpancake   Visit our WEBSITE: http://soulpancake.com