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Some foreigners have been able to adopt children from the U.S. foster care system and to bring them back to their countries of origin.

The first thing that your Mom would have to consider is whether Australia would permit the immigration of such a child. Some countries do; some don't.

You should also be aware that your mother would almost certainly NOT be able to adopt a healthy infant. In general, there is enough demand from U.S. parents for young, healthy children that these children would not be available for adoption by foreigners.

Where adoptions by foreigners have occurred, they have usually involved the adoption of school aged children and teenagers, almost always non-White, and almost always with issues of various sorts. These are the children for whom it is difficult to find homes in the U.S.

Sharon