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    Madonna's Malawian Adoption: Appeal to The Supreme Court

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    omg

    http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_a...d_article=93990

    Malawi-USA-Madonna

    Madonna\’s lawyer set to appeal girlchild adoption decision

    APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) US superstar Madonna’s lawyer, Allan Chinula, on Monday said that he would appeal to the court, asking it to reconsider a bid made by her client to adopt second Malawian infant named Mercy James, aged 3.

    Chinula told APA in Lilongwe that although the high court sitting in the capital Lilongwe declined to grant Madonna the right to adopt the infant, he would consult his client on the best dates to file the appeal.

    \"We are filing an appeal based on the first adoption (of David Banda) to the courts so that they should consider Madonna to adopt the second child,\" he said.

    The court, through Judge Esme Chombo, argued that according to the laws on the Adoption of Children Act, Madonna could not adopt the child because the US entertainer was single and not a longtime resident of Malawi.

    The act stipulates that an adoption order shall not be made in favour of any applicant who is not resident in Malawi or in respect of any infant who is not so resident.

    Therefore, \"Madonna is not a resident. She only came in the country seven days prior to her application. We need somebody who has stayed here for 18 months,\" Chombo ruled.

    But Chinula said this time around her client would make sure she would stay in the country for the said period.

    Madonna left Malawi on her private jet Sunday.

    Does that mean that Madonna is willing to live there for 18 months? :shock:

    Madonna's Malawian Adoption: Appeal to The Supreme Court

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    This is from The Sun; don't know how accurate this is of course, but it feels just terrible reading this:

    "Madonna, 50, flew to Britain with kids Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, and adopted three-year-old David Banda, greeted at Luton Airport by Madge’s ex-hubby GUY RITCHIE.

    But the devastated singer cut a forlorn figure as she stepped alone from the private plane.

    She had earlier lodged an appeal against the court adoption ruling, with aides hoping it may start as early as today.

    The boss of Mercy’s orphanage, the Kondanani Children’s Home, said the youngster “could not understand where her new family had gone”.

    Annie Chikhwaza said: “It’s devastating for Mercy. She had bonded with her new family and was calling for Madonna, saying, ‘Where is my Mummy?’

    “She couldn’t understand where Lola, David and Rocco had gone — she thought they were playing hide and seek. It broke my heart to see her crying out for David as they’d become inseparable.

    “Madonna said she will do whatever it takes to get her back.”

    A source at the luxury lodge, where Madonna stayed in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, said the star spent more than an hour talking gently to little Mercy before she left for her flight.

    The source said: “Madonna was up at dawn cradling Mercy, gently soothing her and making her laugh.

    “You could see how upset she was when she had to say goodbye. She could barely wrench herself away.”

    Absolutely heartbreaking! Hopefully everything will work out for everyone.

    Madonna's Malawian Adoption: Appeal to The Supreme Court

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    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_...EMPLATE=DEFAULT

    Madonna, in Malawi, refuses to talk about adoption

    By RAPHAEL TENTHANI

    Associated Press Writer

    March 29,2009

    LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna toured an impoverished village and discussed plans Sunday for building a new school in Malawi, the central African nation where officials said she would begin proceedings this week to adopt a young girl.

    Madonna, casually dressed with a white fedora, walked through the village of Chinkhota holding the hand of her 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes. Dozens of reporters looked on.

    The 50-year-old pop star refused to answer questions about reports that she was in Malawi to adopt a four-year-old girl. She said it was "amazing" to be back in the country where she runs a charity organization and from where she adopted her son David, 3, last year.

    Then she rushed away in a convoy of at least three sport utility vehicles, as crowds of shouting, waving children ran after her.

    A security guard with the convoy said Madonna was speaking to villagers about building a school there. She was seen looking at an artist's impression of the proposed building. Hours earlier, Madonna landed at the airport in the capital of Lilongwe.

    Madonna was expected to appear in court Monday to sign adoption papers.

    A Malawian welfare official and another person involved in the adoption proceedings have said the girl Madonna is hoping to adopt is about 4 years old and her unmarried mother died soon after she was born. The girl's father is believed to be alive but no other details were available. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is considered sensitive.

    A U.S. government official has also confirmed that an adoption bid by Madonna, an American, was under way.

    Madonna has faced harsh criticism for years over David's adoption. Children's advocacy groups accused her of wielding her immense wealth and influence to circumvent Malawian law requiring an 18- to 24-month assessment period before adoption.

    But locals were not so condemning.

    Wilson Kalibwanji, a resident of Chinkhota, said he said he would willingly place his own son in her care to ensure him a better life.

    "We are poor people," he said Sunday. "If a child's mother dies, it is hard for the man to bring the child up."

    Austin Msowoya, legal researcher with Malawi's Law Commission, played down concerns that a second adoption by Madonna would violate any laws. He said the best interests of the child needed to be taken into account - whether that was staying in an orphanage in Malawi or getting "an education with Madonna."

    "When you look at these two options, then perhaps it becomes in the best interests of the child to allow the adoption if the parents and the guardians consent to it," he told Associated Press Television News on Saturday.

    But Save the Children UK said the recently divorced superstar risked sending the wrong message by going through with the second adoption.

    "International adoption can actually exacerbate the problem it hopes to solve," spokesman Dominic Nutt said Saturday. "The very existence of orphanages encourages poor parents to abandon children in the hope that they will have a better life."

    Nutt said he was not suggesting that Madonna was doing anything wrong - but he said the whole process of international adoptions was often flawed and sometimes linked to criminal activity.

    He said, barring exceptional circumstances, children should be kept in the care of their extended families or within their communities.

    Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg in New York, who has not commented on the adoption reports, told The Associated Press the star would not respond to comments from Save the Children.

    In a recent interview in Malawi's The Nation newspaper, the singer said she was considering another adoption but would only do it if she had "the support of the Malawian people and government."

    If the adoption goes through, Madonna would become a single mother of four. She also has an 8-year-old son, Rocco, with former husband and British film director Guy Ritchie and her daughter Lourdes from a previous relationship.

    She and Ritchie, who were married in 2000, obtained a preliminary divorce decree in November 2008.

    Madonna first traveled to Malawi in 2006 while doing charity work and filming a documentary on the devastating poverty and AIDS crisis there. She is also establishing a separate school for girls there.

    New W photoshoot with Steven Klein [merged]

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    What's up next for you?

    I designed the costumes for Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, which is forthcoming this fall. Right now I'm helping refurbish and create some new looks for Madonna's summer tour extension and I'm getting ready to attend the women's collections in Paris.

    :shock::D:clap:

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