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My guess is it wasn't through foster care, simply because it's very unusual to adopt infants through foster care because of the timeline and court process for terminating parental rights.  Not that it never happens, just that infants are more likely adopted through voluntary placements.[/quote]

About 135,000 children are adopted in the United States each year. Of non-stepparent adoptions, about 59% are from the child welfare (or foster) system, 26% are from other countries, and 15% are voluntarily relinquished American babies.

[url]https://adoptionnetwork.com/adoption-statistics[/url][/quote]

Of the adoptions that are from foster care, though, very very few if any are infants. This is because parents have the right to work a case plan, and it takes time to terminate parental rights. Even if both birth parents are willing to surrender parental rights, just getting court dates and having all the paperwork in order would take several months. Adoption from foster care is a difficult and vital thing; but it's unlikely to be what the mayor did.[/quote]

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