Adoption shock
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By Andrew Banks
September 23, 2005
Trouble ... Angelina Jolie / AP
ANGELINA Jolie could be in trouble with Ethiopian authorities after baby Zahara's mum was allegedly found alive and well.
The 30-year-old Oscar-winning beauty reportedly stated in adoption papers confirmed on July 6 that Zahara's mother was dead.
British newspaper The Sun, however, tracked down 18-year-old Mentaweb Dawit, who claims she is Zahara's birth mother.
But Dawit won't challenge the Tomb Raider star over the adoption, she told The Sun.
"I want to say thank you to Angelina for giving my baby this wonderful, loving family." Under Ethiopian law, however, Jolie must reapply for her adoptive rights because the initial paperwork was incorrect, contactmusic reports.
The National Enquirer in the US spoke with Ethopian adoption law expert Belay Ketema, who said the adoption could be illegal because the law in Ethiopia says that if the mother is still alive she must give her consent and in this case that may not have happened.
"The adoptive mother must appear in court to nullify the old papers and re-apply for adoption. The baby's mother must also appear to give her consent, " Keterma told the paper. The Sun reports seamstress Dawit claims she fell pregnant after she was raped and always planned to give up the baby for adoption. Dawit's mum, Almaz Blfnhe told authorities that her daughter had died in childbirth.
From:
By Andrew Banks
September 23, 2005
Trouble ... Angelina Jolie / AP
ANGELINA Jolie could be in trouble with Ethiopian authorities after baby Zahara's mum was allegedly found alive and well.
The 30-year-old Oscar-winning beauty reportedly stated in adoption papers confirmed on July 6 that Zahara's mother was dead.
British newspaper The Sun, however, tracked down 18-year-old Mentaweb Dawit, who claims she is Zahara's birth mother.
But Dawit won't challenge the Tomb Raider star over the adoption, she told The Sun.
"I want to say thank you to Angelina for giving my baby this wonderful, loving family." Under Ethiopian law, however, Jolie must reapply for her adoptive rights because the initial paperwork was incorrect, contactmusic reports.
The National Enquirer in the US spoke with Ethopian adoption law expert Belay Ketema, who said the adoption could be illegal because the law in Ethiopia says that if the mother is still alive she must give her consent and in this case that may not have happened.
"The adoptive mother must appear in court to nullify the old papers and re-apply for adoption. The baby's mother must also appear to give her consent, " Keterma told the paper. The Sun reports seamstress Dawit claims she fell pregnant after she was raped and always planned to give up the baby for adoption. Dawit's mum, Almaz Blfnhe told authorities that her daughter had died in childbirth.
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Surely, if they wanted to "raise her together" there would be a better, more respectful arrangement.
