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Malawi court grants Madonna adoption case delay
A hearing to finalise pop star Madonna's adoption of a boy from Malawi has been delayed by the High Court of the southern African nation until May 15, a senior court official said on Monday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:44 April 22, 2008
Lilongwe: A hearing to finalise pop star Madonna's adoption of a boy from Malawi has been delayed by the High Court of the southern African nation until May 15, a senior court official said on Monday.
Madonna had asked the court to postpone the hearing from April 22 because she had to travel to the United States on business, a lawyer close to the case had said.
Madonna's attorney Alan Chinula declined to comment.
Malawi's government recommended earlier this month that the court approve the adoption of two-year-old David Banda.
The star met the boy in an orphanage in 2006 and began adoption proceedings soon afterwards. He has been living with Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie in London since shortly after the adoption process began.
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