Madonna gets rejected in her bid for adoption

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Well I have to say I am extremely surprised. BBC is reporting that Madonna's bid for her second child was rejected. This is the first case I have ever heard where a celebrity has been rejected for adoption. However the official reason is "Residency Rules" whatever that really translates to. My guess is people feel she is to old and being a single parent doesn't help either. Also a contributing factor in my guess is her recent musical tour where she wore an extremely skimpy outfit and basically did a stripper dance every night she performed which doesn't set a good example at all for a kid who won't understand that mommy is just acting. or is she

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Madonna adoption bid is rejected

A Malawian court has ruled that US pop star Madonna has failed in her bid to adopt a second child from the country.

The singer was due to return to court on Friday to learn if she could adopt four-year-old Chifundo James.

An official of the Malawian government had backed Madonna's bid to adopt the child, whose name translates into English as Mercy.

According to the Associated Press, however, the application has been rejected over residency rules.

Credit: BBC news

Update: New more complete article:

A Malawian court has ruled that US pop star Madonna has failed in her bid to adopt a second child from the country.

"I must have to decline to grant the application to Madonna," judge Esmie Chondo said in a ruling following a closed-door hearing on Friday.

According to reports, the application has been rejected over residency rules.

The 50-year-old singer flew into the southern African state on Sunday and applied to adopt four-year-old Chifundo James the following day.

The Associated Press news agency said Madonna's application had been rejected because of a requirement that prospective parents be resident in the country for 18 to 24 months.

It is not clear if Madonna was in court to hear the ruling or whether she plans to appeal against it.

Had Madonna's application been successful, the 14-month-old baby would have been a sister to David Banda, the first child Madonna adopted from the African country.

Chifundo, whose name translates into English as Mercy, is in the same orphanage that previously housed David, now three years old.

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