Lilongwe, Malawi: Human rights and child protection groups went to court yesterday to challenge the speedy decision to grant Madonna temporary custody of a Malawian child she is seeking to adopt.
The one-year-old boy, David Banda, was flown to London overnight and taken to Madonna's home.
Human rights and child protection groups went to court yesterday in Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, contending that the courts had improperly waived Malawian laws to allow Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, to take temporary custody of the child.
They said they want to ensure child protection regulations were not swept aside to benefit a singer who has been generous to Malawi.
"This interim adoption grants David's new parents temporary custody for 18 months," she said.
Under the court order, David must be returned to Malawi if Madonna is seen to be treating him differently from her other children.
Madonna and Ritchie have a son, Rocco, 6, and the singer also has a daughter, Lourdes, 9.
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