Pedrosmom
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put simply, if biomum was not financial she could easily contact a legal aid lawyer and have made application with next to no cost at all.
An example of what happens would be the child would be placed on the Australian Federal Police website as a missing person and AB would be marked as a person of interest or as wanted, Interpol would also be made aware if a recovery or location order had been sought by biomum.
Australia is a member of the Hague Convention. If Z was taken by her father and step mom unlawfully, there are governmental means of getting her back. I had a similar experience with a family member that took their kids to Ireland and got rid of their passports. Ireland was a member of the Hague - the State Department steps in as it is an international abduction. I'm making the assumption that the bio mom had custodial rights. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Info on Australia and Hague:
http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Families_Children_Internationalchildabduction