Update on travel timeline

We listened to our agency's latest "webinar" tonight and learned that we can expect the following timeline:
-Court date 3-6 weeks after referral (That would be anytime in April for us.)
-Travel 4-5 months after referral (That's July or August!)
As usual, nothing is ever set in stone or highly predictable in the adoption process, but we were excited to hear that these time lines are shorter than what our specialist told us last week (6-8 wks till court, 6 months till embassy date).
They also said that it sounds like the new rule about families traveling twice might be postponed for the moment. We had heard rumors that it was supposed to go into effect April 9, but the court staff in Ethiopia still hasn't met to discuss logistics, so our agency's Ethiopia Program director doesn't see how it could happen that quickly. Nonetheless we're poised to travel if it does suddenly go into effect. We'll keep you posted.