Changing celebration date?

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We received our date for the celebration hearing today. I had hoped (based on experiences read on here) that they would ring with a choice of a few dates but they haven't. The date they have sent really doesn't work for us and the time is too early which means that my family (who all live an hour away and FC who live 1hr 20 away) wouldn't be able to attend.
Has anyone changed theirs? Would the court be pissed off with us?

We have literally had this worry a week
Ago as we needed to change location and after speaking to social worker she rang and asked for change. There was no problems and it ended up being days earlier so we were happy with that. Definitely worth asking as after a long journey it's your LOs and yours as a families special day and needs to suit you. Congratulations by the way x

DP has a job where you need to give three months' notice for a day off and only know your hours for the next three weeks a fortnight in advance. We were therefore told we could ring and alter if necessary. Apparently it was particularly easy to alter the time.

What time is yours - how early is too early? Surely even a 9am hearing wouldnt be too early a start for someone living 1 hour 20 mins away (as a one off) as long as they were up by 6.30am?

Rufus, they wouldn't be happy about having to travel in rush hour traffic and are likely to arrive flustered rather than excited and ready for a celebration. Any time after 10 would be fine. It currently is at 9.15am

We changed our date twice, around work commitments. TBH, I wish we hadn't gone, as it sent the kids into meltdown for weeks, and meant dealing with yet more pompous people who think they know more about adopting my children than I do.

The court were fine about it.

Sorry to hear that bridged. Dd is too young to understand really. It's more for us right now than her.

Ah, see what you mean. I am sure they will be helpful and alter the date/time. Later in the day would mean you could avoid rush hour traffic and parking too!

You can call the court clerk yourself, this is what we did.

You may find that the court only does early morning celebration hearings though. Ours only did them one day a month, first thing (before actual cases etc) so unfortunately our family couldn't join us either, but we met for celebration brunch afterwards.