I guess the adoption thing would depend on her birth countrys laws, you should be able to become her guardian easily enough.

I know under australian law you can not arrange a private adoption. I went through a heap of s*** to get my girl and in the end even though her birth parents and I consider it full adoption, legally I only have legal guardianship of my little princess.

As someone mentioned you can look into the visa requirements for if/when it happens.

I guess if you all discuss the options and if it is what the mother and child want to happen maybe it needs to be made official with a lawyer or something.

Good luck with it (But I hope it doesn't need to happen, that poor girl has been through enough losing one parent)


Sjl