Madonna's latest adoption in peril

Madonna faces opposition from a group

of civil rights lawyers in Malawi who are

 fighting to block her adoption of two-year-old tot

David Banda,

WENN is reporting April 10th.

Activists in the country are demanding a change

in the law to prevent foreign adoptions,

fearing Madonna's case could open the floodgates

and encourage Westerners to flock there

in search of prospective adoptive children.

The adoption of baby David sparked global controversy,

with many children's rights groups accusing the star

of taking advantage of the poor nation.

Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie

 filed a motion at Malawi's High Court to delay the

couple's forthcoming adoption hearing until the end of April,

because it clashed with the singer's promotional duties

for hew new album Hard Candy.

The Hollywood stars appear to have won over Malawian

officials with their parenting skills and a judge is expected

 to formally approve the adoption during the next court date.

But a group of civil rights lawyers are

determined to fight the court's decision.

Lawyer Justin Dzonzi says,

 "We have a number of preliminary issues

which need to be resolved before the adoption can go ahead."

The couple brought David back to Britain from Malawi

 in 2006 and have been fighting to keep custody of him ever since.

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Rash Manly       22moon.com

Comments (4)

1

wow,i thought this had been finalized.

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dsnyland45 4/10/08

2

is she trying to be just like brangelina?

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iloveqrt 4/10/08

3

why don't they let her adopt him? I don't get it.

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babyjuli1 4/10/08

4

she should adopt an AMERICAN baby.

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YodaKnowz 4/10/08