Madonna No Longer Allowed To Adopt Second Child From Malawi.
Posted on 08. Nov, 2008 by CSS in Adoption, Divorce, Entertainment, Legal Drama
Madonna’s possible adoption of Malawian orphan Mercy James is offically over.
The stress of trying to get mercy is supposedly on eof the major contributing factors in the demise of her marriage. Ironically because of the divorce, Madonna now has not shot at adopting Mercy.
Madonna’s divorce from Guy Ritchie has put paid to her plans to adopt from Malawi again, according to the country’s Child Welfare Services director. The Material Girl has long shown an interest in giving a home to orphan Mercy James, who she first met at an orphanage in 2006.
But Malawian official Penston Kilembe says the split with Guy, 40, means the adoption cannot be approved.
‘One fundamental condition in scrutinising adoptions is the connectedness of a family,’ he says. ‘We can’t approve a child to go into a broken family because the divorce could be the result of the behaviour of the party trying to adopt. Madonna should forget this one.’
Madge, 50, adopted David Banda, 3, from Malawi last year – but Penston insists the split won’t affect him. ‘His future will be decided by the British courts, who determine issues of custody,’ he tells Grazia. ‘He is no longer our responsibility.’
-From NowMagazine.co.uk
Mercy’s own extended family didn’t want her to be adopted by Madonna. Her uncle and grandmother steadfastly refused to let her go to any family outside the country. Authorities were really putting a lot of pressure on her grandma to let Madonna have Mercy. It sounds like now the family will get their wish and hopefully Mercy will be adopted by into a Malawian home.
