17-Year-Old’s Adoption Finalized Just Hours Before He Turns 18: ‘God Made It Happen’

17-Year-Old’s Adoption Finalized Just Hours Before He Turns 18: ‘God Made It Happen’
Courtesy of Renee Balassaitis
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A Florida teen at risk of aging out of the foster system has been adopted by his forever family in the nick of time, just hours away from his 18th birthday.

Adoptive parents Brad and Renee Balassaitis of Jacksonville, Florida, both 47, officially adopted Roman Nehemiah at Clay County Historic Courthouse on Oct. 17, making Roman the seventh child the Balassaitises have adopted out of foster care to join their two biological children.