If Madonna is willing and able to provide David with a home, education, health care and nurturing that he may otherwise be without, let her adopt. Her adoption of David can be enriching for both of them, and their families. It seems like all will gain from the process...not lose.

Yeah! Update on this site that a lot of what is written above is garbage....go to top of US' news...hoping this is good news for Madonna!

First of all i'd like to address the idea that Malawi does not allow international adoptions. This is one of the most ridiculous laws that they have since it is a poor country and that the residents there are not adopting any of the orphans there, in fact many children have become wards of the state because their parents could not care for them due to health issues or financial issues. I think the fact that Madonna is the person trying to adopt the child has made it even more scrutinized by the government. To come up with all sorts of conclusions and judgements when you read a little paragraph about what may have occured is absorbed. For all we know someone in child services that is higher on the food chain decided they wanted to travel to London and check out Madonna's place themselves and have delayed the process. They should just get it overwith instead of blaming it on Madonna noteriety. i'm sure she isn't abusing the child and he will more advantages in life with her than at the orphanage.

They should put madonner in jail. What a self righteous piece of sh it. How can she expect us to believe that she can raise that black kid from africa. She should fix that gap in her choppers and continue pumping iron.

The good I see in this story is that it reveals the politicizing and trivializing of this little boy's life and the harm it does to kids and adoptive parents when an insensitive and corrupt [Malawian] government manipulates the media for its own purposes.

This is not a Malawian or African story necessarily. It is about the desperation and corruption present in all third world countries.

Little David and Madonna are going to be just fine.

2:57 Anon; I'm not talking about the law she's skirting about the visits. I'm talking about, she was never "allowed" to do an adoption in the 1st place. Malawi doesn't allow international adoptions, period, which is what she has. THAT'S the law that she is breaking.

Who's the idiot? Hmmmm?

I don't think Madonna broke any laws, idiots, she was offering to pay for this home visit if they didnt' have the funds themselves, so that her visit WOULD be done by them....cripes!

Melissa, It would be great if everybody followed the rules, but they don't. That' does not mean you throw everything to hell, which is what you're proposing, by saying Madonna should lose David. Maybe it's just me, but I think the welfare of the child is more important than punishing Madonna for breaking the rules.

Well not trying to stir the pot but if it's not legal for anyone to adopt from that country then why should it be ok for her? Also I'm not debating that she could give him a good home but if the law states that she must be open to visits to evaluate her treatment of him and her fitness to be his adoptive mother then why should she be above this law? He's not a puppy ya'll if the requirements for his adoption are not met then just because he's "got a good home" does not mean that it's legally binding for her to keep him. I understand that she means all well and good by doing this but breaking this law is just as bad as all of the other laws you guys are so happy to condemn others for breaking....you can't be on both sides of the fence here. As hard as it may be to believe if the court mandated guidelines are not met then she must be prepared to return him. That's why courts are in place to set guidelines for proper procedure. Sorry you guys but if her visits are being made available by the court appointed advocate then you all are wrong....you'll just have to suck it up and live with it.

Why would anyone ever NOT want a child to be loved and cared for? No one cared about or took care of this child - NO ONE from his family. He was living in an orphanage - it's not as if Madonna stole him from his family's home. Why would he be in the orphanage if there were someone to take care of him? Madonna can offer this child a safe, loving home. Why do people want to interfere with this? I don't agree with everything she does and says, but who can deny this child love? No one is perfect - we all have flaws. She loves this child and so does her husband and children. Why can't they be left in peace to raise this child? What is wrong with this world??

I can't believe anyone would vote that she shouldn't be able to adopt this child. If she isn't granted permission then this child will return to an orphanage. He has a family that wants to give him a home and he is going to be taken from a family that he deserves. How sad for this little boy.

Anyone that voted no should spend a week in an orphanage without contact from their family and see how lonely it can be. WOW-- people can be so cruel!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Guess it doesn't pay to try and skirt the law, huh? I don't like Madge but the sad thing is, that little boy has bonded with them and this will hurt him.

At least if he has to go back, I hope they do it sooner rather than later, for his sake.

Everything I've read said that it's not legal to adopt from that country so I don't think she should be allowed to anyway but it seems her celebrity status is allowing her extra perks.