8-Year-Old Adopted After 1,553 Days in Foster Care, and Hundreds Gather to Celebrate in Courtroom

8-Year-Old Adopted After 1,553 Days in Foster Care, and Hundreds Gather to Celebrate in Courtroom
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After spending nearly four years, 1,553 days to be exact, in foster care, an 8-year-old little boy from McKinney, Texas, was finally adopted. Hundreds of people, including Batman, attended the joyful ceremony in the courtroom. His former foster parents, now his adoptive forever family, said they couldn’t be happier with how the long journey finally ended.

Kristy and David Schwartz have been fostering children for 11 years. The family has two other daughters; one is biological, and the younger one is adopted. They said they weren’t planning on taking on any more children at the time in May 2016, but then they heard about 4-year-old Nike, who was in need of a place to live.