{"id":1907,"date":"2011-02-10T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2011-02-21T14:55:42","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T14:55:42","slug":"madonnas-adoptive-daughters-family-has-no-legal-right-to-see-her-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/madonnas-adoptive-daughters-family-has-no-legal-right-to-see-her-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna&#8217;s adoptive daughter&#8217;s family has no legal right to see her: Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newkerala.com\/news\/world\/fullnews-144143.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.newkerala.com<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\nLondon, Feb 10 : Madonna&#8217;s lawyer has said that the family of singer&#8217;s<br \/>\nadopted daughter has no legal right to see the five-year-old.<\/div>\n<p>The claim comes after James family, led by Mercy Chifundo James&#8220;<br \/>\nbiological uncle Peter Baneti and grandmother Lucy Chekechiwa,<br \/>\napproached the Cicil Liberties Committee (CILIC) of leading human<br \/>\nrights campaigner Emmie Chanika to sue Madonna for breach of trust.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chanika conceded no visitation rights were included in the adoption<br \/>\nagreement, which saw Mercy James leave Malawi for a new life with<br \/>\nMadonna, 52, two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted there is no written agreement but insisted the family has<br \/>\nreasonable cause to push for the visitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;It was like a gentleman&#8220;s agreement,&#8220; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8218;They have a strong recollection that Ms. Madonna (sic) assured them<br \/>\nthey would be able to see Mercy on a regular basis,&#8220; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Chanika said legal action would not be necessary if Madonna allows the<br \/>\nfamily to see James.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna&#8220;s lawyer Alan Chinula has also denied claims that she<br \/>\never-promised regular visits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;There was no such agreement,&#8220; the Daily Mail quoted Chinula as saying.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: http:\/\/www.newkerala.com\u00a0 London, Feb 10 : Madonna&#8217;s lawyer has said that the family of singer&#8217;s adopted daughter has no legal right to see the five-year-old. The claim comes after James family, led by Mercy Chifundo James&#8220; biological uncle Peter Baneti and grandmother Lucy Chekechiwa, approached the Cicil Liberties Committee (CILIC) of leading human rights campaigner&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/madonnas-adoptive-daughters-family-has-no-legal-right-to-see-her-lawyer\/\" title=\"Read Madonna&#8217;s adoptive daughter&#8217;s family has no legal right to see her: Lawyer\">Weiter &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1909,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}