[aparsons]

Please help.
I am trying to find out if it would be legal for my husband and I to adopt a baby of an illegal mother. The mother is a teenager who has been relocated to Canada from Africa... before she left she was raped and hence is now with child. She has asked us to adopt the child. (We know her through our trips to Africa)
I have heard it is impossible to adopt a child from Canada and that our best bet was to have her give birth in the States and proceed from there... Is this Legal??

[mj77]

My goodness. I don't know the answer to that, but regardless you would need an attorney involved. You should be able to ask a question like that free of charge if you find an attorney. I wish you the best.

[aparsons]

Thank you all so much for your help/advice... still not sure what to do.. we are going to look into a few options.. I have put a call in to an attorney and a local agency. Hopefully they will be able to help.
Someone said we might be able to get around it because she is not a "citizen" of Canada....they lawyer will hopefully be able to help figure this out.
She is due anywhere from Christmas day to the fifth of Jan. So this would be a quick move.