Madonna Confirms Adoption
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Saturday, October 14, 2006
HOLLYWOOD - Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have confirmed they are planning to adopt a 13-month-old boy named David from Malawi.
The couple left the African country on Friday without the child and are waiting for the legal arrangements surrounding the adoption to be finalized.
The singer's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg confirmed the couple's plans to expand their family to TV show Entertainment Tonight.
She says, "Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie have been granted custody of their son, David.
"Final legal arrangements are being made to bring him home to his new family."
Last week, the singer arrived in the southern African country, where she has been involved in humanitarian work.
The “Hung Up” star is building an orphanage and child care center and is involved in other initiatives geared toward helping children orphaned by AIDS.
David will be Madonna's third child. She and Ritchie have a five-year-old son, Rocco, and Madonna has a daughter Lourdes, who turns 10 today, from a prior relationship.
Madonna Adoption Raises Protests
Madonna's application to adopt a Malawian baby has prompted protests from children's and human rights group in the African nation.
Two organizations in Malawi are outraged by the government's decision to approve an interim adoption order for 13-month-old tot David Banda, whose father Yohame is still alive.
Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie flew out of Malawi without their new son yesterday after spending 10 days in the country, because David is awaiting a passport.
Children's group Eye of the Child's Boniface Mandere says, "It's not like selling property.
"This process is too short--applying on Tuesday, and yesterday the court gave the OK. I don't think that the High Court has any information about how Madonna is when it comes to child-rearing.
"We are concerned that the High Court has taken a shortcut and waived the law. We are registering our concern and will seek clarification from the court, after which we will decide what action to take."
Mandere claims Malawian adoption law demands international adopters live in the country for a year and are regularly assessed by social workers before they can remove the child out of the country.
Human rights group Civil Liberties Committee is joining forces with Eye of the Child to seek a court injunction to block the adoption.
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