I thought the rule was: Children should not be sealed to their parents unless their parents Have first been sealed. On the temple ordinance pages of nfs the "on hold" classification occurs; However, note that for children who die before 8 years old they all appear As able to be sealed to their parents BEFORE the parents are sealed and While the status of the parents sealing is "on hold." Is this an error In the program? I checked to see if the sealing for the child to the Unmarried parents went through and it certainly does. Stephen Kelsey

Stephen wrote: I thought the rule was: Children should not be sealed to their parents unless their parents Have first been sealed. Actually, the rule is that it is "preferred" that children not be sealed to the parents until the parents have been sealed. The problem is that the parents' sealing can't be done until their individual ordinances are done. If you follow that back strictly, it would eventually mean that we would have to start with Adam and Eve--which isn't possible. So, there is a "break" in the rules in order to proceed with ordinances. From the NFS Help Center: * Whenever possible, parents should be sealed to each other before the children are sealed to the parents. Out-of-sequence ordinances * Vicarious ordinances performed out of sequence are valid, but become effective only after the prerequisite ordinances are completed. Notice that the statement is "whenever possible." If the rules allow something to be done out of order, even if it isn't preferred to be done that way, the program will allow it. The main concern in sealing children before the parents are sealed is to follow up and be sure the rest of the ordinances are completed. Jill Crandell