Judge Approves Madonna’s Adoption Case
After a long ordeal, the has finally approved Madonna’s adoption of David Banda, whom she found in an orphanage in 2006.
Madonna nor Guy Ritchie were present for the ruling.
The history on this adoption case is sorid, as David is not technically an orphan, as is the case in most orphanages. I don’t have percentages because I don’t think that anyone has ever done research on how many children are officially orphans but from my knowledge the numbers are pretty low.
However, in Malawi, there are over 1 million orphans due to the Aids epidemic and there is a ban on non-residents who want to adopt .
The Ritchie’s have been caring for David in their London home despite the Malawian laws since October 2006 when Madonna was granted temporary custody (he was 13 months). David turns 3 in November.
David’s father, Yohane, placed him in the orphanage when he was one month old, just shortly after David’s mother died of an Aids-related illness. His father believed he could not care for him and the orphanage would be the best way for him to survive. -BBC News
“Malawian law is fuzzy on foreign adoptions. Regulations stipulate only that prospective parents undergo an 18- to 24-month assessment period in Malawi, a rule that was bent when Madonna was allowed to take David to London.Speaking to reporters last week at the Cannes Film Festival, Madonna said the criticism hurt.
“It was a big struggle, and I didn’t understand it,” she said, comparing the process to the pain of childbirth. “But in the end I rationalized that, when a woman has a child and goes through natural childbirth, she [also] suffers an enormous amount.”
Madonna and Ritchie also have a son, Rocco, 7, and Madonna has a daughter, Lourdes, 11.”
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