Malawi’s High Court Judge today postponed a ruling on a challenge to pop star Madonna’s adoption of a Malawian child saying the judge was too busy. The ruling is postponed for a week.
Justin Dzonzi, lawyer for the advocacy groups said, ‘The judge has not communicated to me or my colleague but we hear that he is very busy and he might rule next week.”
Maxwell Matewere, executive director for Eye of the Child, one of 67 advocacy groups seeking to block the adoption, told Reuters that the court had informed them the judge was away for a week on official business.
On October 12, Madonna and her filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie were granted an ‘interim order’ allowing them to take away 14-month-old David.
Judge Andrew Chipeta is expected to decide whether the groups can challenge the interim adoption order granted to Madonna last month by the same court.
But Madonna says, she has met all official requirements for adopting the child. Malawian boy David was flown to London where he joined up Madonna.
