12 June 2009
Cape Town — A Malawi appeals court has given pop star Madonna the right to adopt a second Malawian child.
The Nyasa Times reports from Blantyre that the Supreme Court of Appeal in Malawi handed down a ruling Friday which overturned a lower court decision preventing Madonna from adopting three-year-old Chifundo ("Mercy") James from an orphanage in southern Malawi.
In April Judge Esmie Chombo said the pop star could not be granted custody because she was single and she had not lived in the country for the minimum period prescribed by inter-country adoption laws.
But a three-judge panel comprising Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo and judges Isaac Mtambo and Duncan Tambala found that the residency rule was archaic, the Times reported.
"Chief Justice Munlo pointed out that Madonna has shown committment to help disadvantaged children in the country and that the High Court judge made an error in law for not taking into account that fact," the newspaper added.
In 2006, Madonna adopted a son, David Banda, from Malawi.
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GOOD LUCK TO U MADDONA!!! wish mugga the mugger could do the same cross the colour line- AND CHANGE HIS WAY OF THINKING but he will not!! as u can see the NEGATIVE COMMENTS COMING OUT FROM HARARE zanuland!!!!
I happy for the little girl. This is what will happen if a country is unable to take care of their vulnerable innocent children, other people will put you to shame and take care of them. GOD BLESS YOU MADONNA To those Madonna critics have you seen the girl's father speak, he has not seen her all her life and out of the blue he goes on about how he want to take care of his babby. The man sounds like a retard..The mother, may her soul rest in peace is dead, and the sperm donor of a father was not there for her, Madonna well done..
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@mugabe you are the "retard" to justify a man that did not bother to take care of his child or see his child in the orpanage then the minute someone comes to give her an opportunity he jumps at the chance of getting some air time. You are certainly a fool and a hipocrite, I am certain you are writing from Europe/America or Asia or have family in Europe/America or Asia but yet you wish the little girl to be deprived the opportunity to getting a better life..YOU ARE TRUELY A SAD CREATURE
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Omadogsbollocks, You and your racism is not wanted, believe you me , you are a disgrace to the name of Africa.
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