Madonna's adoption request of 4 year old Malawian, Mercy James, has been denied. According to People Magazine:
A residency requirement in Malawi has prevented Madonna from adopting a second child from that African nation, a judge and a lawyer told the Associated Press on Friday.
The news service described the judge as a witness not involved in Friday's court ruling, and the lawyer as another who was present at the time of the decision. Both the judge and the lawyer spoke on conditions of anonymity.
The residency requirement for prospective parents is 18 to 24 months in Malawi. Madonna has homes in New York and London.
Madonna, 50, adopted her son, David Banda, now 3, from Malawi in 2008. The move was not without its controversy, amid claims that her application received special status because of her celebrity.
When her Malawian lawyer, Alan Chinula, broke the news that High Court judge Esme Chombo had rejected her petition to adopt a Malawian toddler, an incredulous Madonna "kept wringing her hands," a source at Kumbali Lodge, where the pop star is staying, tells PEOPLE. Madonna, who filed her adoption papers on Monday, was not present in court.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Madonna's Adoption Request Denied
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I don't understand why they would decline the adoption based on residency. I mean, the poor little girl lives in an orphanage...her parents are dead...WHY???? Over not living there?!?!? IDK...it sounds so stupid to me. This has nothing to do with being Madonna...imo...it has everything to do with providing an orphan with a good home.
UGH!
Char-
Maybe they declined it because she recently got divorced and they see that as unstable?
~Hillary
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