OlderAngelina Files Vietnam Adoption Papers
The Associated Press just published that Angelina Jolie will be adopting her next child from Vietnam with her partner Brad Pitt. (It was reported by US Weekly last month.)
According to Vu Duc Long, the director of Vietnam’s International Adoption Agency, Angie has tfiled papers to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country’s top adoption official said Friday.
Said Long, “She just filed the papers this week.”
“We consider her like any other American who wants to adopt children from Vietnam. She is not yet married so the file was from her individually. It will take a few months for us to consider this,” he added.
A source close to Angie said, “The process began shortly after Shiloh was born. It has been a long process and she is now simply waiting for further information.”
Brad and Angie have three children — Maddox, 5, Zahara, 2, and Shiloh, 9 months.
Maddox was adopted from Cambodia, Zahara was born adopted from Ethiopia, and baby Shiloh was born to the couple in Namibia.
Brad and Angie spent Thanksgiving in Vietnam, where they visited the Tam Binh orphanage, on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City. Thanks, NM!
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Maddox and Zahara have been legally adopted by Brad according to Brad and several reliable sources. I am sure Brad will adopt this one. IF Angelina adopts another baby , Angelina can use a lawyer to set up paperwork such as give Brad the right to make medical decisions on the new adopted child and any other rights she wants to give until the adoption is final. I have on numerous ocasions been given rights to make medical decisions for my nieces if my sister/husband are unavailable . Angelina has stated before that they have thought out everything , I am sure than includes what to happen in case of all possible scenerios. If you are true fan, I think you need not worry.
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why did Jen spend so much time botoxing Says
See what I mean Curious? Btw just an evil thing to say .. and you all call me out. phew!!!! Loco!
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Questions seriously? Says:
Where did I swear in my post? Two…I didn’t call you overweight per se…I was more or less refering to the fact that you seem bitter with everything that is going on with BP and AJ and that must be hard for you to swallow all that is going on.
Out and out angry is a sign just being angry but bitterness usually comes out through backhanded comments or snide remarks which is something that is noted throughout your post but hey…I don’t know you just as well as you don’t know me but your life must be lackluster for you to find pleasure on a gossip blog inciting fans of a couple/family you don’t seem to like. Who am I to knock your hustle…plz…by all means continue posting your spew while every lurker and poster laugh at you …plz!
60 African Girl Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 am
To the People who have a problem with this….
What about parents with TWINS, TRIPLETS and QUADRUPLETS? How do they manage? How have they managed? Where do you GET OFF judging other people’s parenting plans? Who died and made you the parenting police. Honestly do you people even think at all?
You have a different rules for everyone else and one for BP & AJ? I didn’t see this much hoopla over Julia Roberts having twins under 3 and being pregnant again or Heidi Klum having babies under 3 years old. I guess it’s okay….since they birthed their own children but this is adoption….adoption that’s probably gonna take another 6-9months you dolts, then it’s a big issue. I wish for your sakes, you’d stop typing because you only expose how very ignorant you are.
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I agree. The Jolie/Pitt household is NOT an average household. They have people do the mundane work, freeing time for the parents to spend with the kids.
All those haters who posted HAVE NEVER MET the Jolie/Pitt. If you dont live with them, and observe, how can you know who they are?
It’s unjust just to pass judgement on them.
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bermy girl Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:26 pm - flag comment
Theirs will be a fun, noisy, loving household. People raise large households all the time. My father comes from a family with 8 children. It takes teamwork, love and money and they have demostrated that they have all three.
They are going to have so much chaotic fun.
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Hey bermy girl - ITA. I grew up with 6 siblings (3 above and 3 below me - the typical middle child). My brothers and sister and I have the best memories of our times growing up. We always had a house full of friends, pets, camping trips, a pool in the backyard, cousins to hang out with. And, my Mother stayed home to try to give us the direction we needed, with my Dad working two jobs.
We are all well adjusted, well educated, contributing members of society. Given the love that Brad and Angie have for their kids, I am sure the kids will be just fine. The JP’s are fortunate enough to offer their children opportunities that alot of us didn’t have - traveling the world and first hand knowledge of many cultures.
For any of those who are worried about their children, I think you’d be better off worrying elsewhere. Can’t wait for the next Jolie-Pitt to arrive!
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Katia Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:28 pm - flag comment
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I wouldn’t worry about the kids. BP and AJ have advisers and lawyers on hand to think these issues through and advise the couple on legal safeguards and estate planning. Most likely, both BP and AJ have a will naming each other guardians of the kids if one of them passes away. Most likely they have set up a Trust for the kids that will provide for them throughout their life and that trust likely names each of them to act as trustee for the kids.
I’m sorry to hear about your cousin’s experience but chances are, his partner didn’t have a will or other legal document that can speak of his partner’s wishes for the kid’s care when she passed on. It’s something that is typical of most people here in the U.S.–no one drafts wills and the like until they’re 60 years old. Given the advisers that both BP and AJ have, this doesn’t apply to them.
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precor Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:33 pm - flag comment
Whether Jen looked the same or not the same after nose job is not relevant at all. Nose job is not a topic to discuss. It is a silly gossip that keeps the readers stupid.
I agree that Jen wouldn’t be well-known (I would not say she is famous), if she were not married with Brad Pitt and didn’t get so many attention with her divorce.
Playing a role for 10 years doesn’t demand a lot of acting talent; it’s like going to the same Mall for 10 years. Additionally, it would be very worse, if people who watched TV for 10 years wouldn’t know her. Watching Friends for a decade (!) one can get a kind of a Friends’ brain-wash and silly.
I have seen “Break-up” and I am really sorry. I couldn’t finish watching the whole movie. It was so boring - no tension or passion at all. If Jen were not so well-known because of the reasons mentioned above, I am sure she wouldn’t have got that role in the Break-Up. There are many other actresses who would play much better and the Break-up would be perhaps not too bad.
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I havent watched “the break up”. I am waiting for it to come out of the library. Not because i am cheap, but I just wont support Jen. It’s Jen’s persona that I am against.
Also, the attitudes of those Jen fans turn me off too.
Jen wants “to change from the Rachel image” In all of her movies, she is just a different version of Rachel
TBU - She played Rachel to perfection (which I beleive is playing herself)
Friends W/Money - Played Rachel with no money but rich friends
Rumor Has It - Played a confused Rachel
DeRailed - Played Rachedl trying to be sexy and seductive, while being sinister and failed miserably at it
Polly - A neurotic Rachel
Bruce - Rachel adoring Jim Carrey
Good Girl - Rachel working at Wal Mart and looking sad; not acting sad, just looking it
Rock Star- Rachel waiting for her boyfriend to come to his senses and realize his love for her
A rather boring career “All About Rachel”.
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do you agree? Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:51 pm - flag comment
Jen wants “to change from the Rachel image” In all of her movies, she is just a different version of Rachel
TBU - She played Rachel to perfection (which I beleive is playing herself)
Friends W/Money - Played Rachel with no money but rich friends
Rumor Has It - Played a confused Rachel
DeRailed - Played Rachedl trying to be sexy and seductive, while being sinister and failed miserably at it
Polly - A neurotic Rachel
Bruce - Rachel adoring Jim Carrey
Good Girl - Rachel working at Wal Mart and looking sad; not acting sad, just looking it
Rock Star- Rachel waiting for her boyfriend to come to his senses and realize his love for her
A rather boring career “All About Rachel”.
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Give me the credit - I wrote that…..don’t mind you using it, but don’t act like you wrote it, whoever you are. I write very little, so it is easy to remember what I wrote. GEEEESH.
Cheap Shot stealing from Bettina. Also, why are we talking about Rachel in this thread anyway? It is about a happy event in B&A’s life. Let’s move on.
Stop bringing Jen up. She’s a hasbeen. We don’t care what she is doing or how her non-career is going. At this stage, I rather read about Brit Brit than Jen Jen. So please STOP STOP.
i think she really has issues with her hairdo
in every movie, it’s the same , so it’s like she’s not playing a new character;
great idea: go away and spend her money: she doesn’t need acting, she’s a lost case;
back to topic: CONGRATULATIONS Brad Angelina
happy news, and what a very lucky child !!!!
True, my cousins girlfriend did not have a will. She was only 26 and like many young people they just didnt get around it. Many people just dont think they will ever be faced with that stuation I guess. I have a girlfriend that lived with the love of her life for 10 years, unfortunately the house was in his name and when he had a heart attack and died she was forced to move out of her beautiful home, and again no will. My own BIL died and his common law wife, who wasn’t really because our state does not recognize had died before him, so then when he died his son , again no will, was homeless (we took him in) while all the property went through probat for 18 months, it was a huge mess. I guess that is why I worry about the legalities of things, I have seen first hand what a mess things can be. I dont think people have to be married to be a family, of course not, but when adoption is involved it just makes it easier in general.
I think Brad and Angelina are aware of all this kind of law stuff;
the first thing Brad did when his divorce was final and the house and all things were divided, he was seaking to adopt Maddox and Zahara;
And the adoption is final , the thing is the hearing is public but the final adoption is private ;
So before Shiloh was born, it was final;but it was not in the press:
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Katia Says:
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I would love to see Brad and Angie get married and I agree it would make adoptions, trust, wills, etc. and all that legal mumbo jumbo much easier. But I have to believe also that Brad & Angie has already thought of that and taken care of it as much as it is possible to. Angie said something to the effect that we are legally bound to our kids and they have some of the best lawyers around. Another thing is that because they have a residence in CA, wouldn’t they already be recognized as having a common law marriage?
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Katia Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:29 pm - flag comment
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Yeah a lot of people, especially unmarried people in their 20s and 30s, do not have a will because they think that they are invincible and that death is unlikely to strike them. Even a lot of married couples with kids don’t have them because they just forget to make time to sit down and plan out the financial affairs of their kids if they pass away.
As I said, BP and AJ (or their lawyers) most likely have things under control. Once the adoption papers are finalized, their lawyers will likely revise all their estate planning documents to include the new child so that they don’t end up with a will like Anna Nicole Smith’s (which doesn’t provide for DannieLynn). If the unspeakable happens, I think all of the kids will be kept together by the judge and not packed off piecemeal to Brad and other members of AJ’s family. Additionally, final or not, the adoption papers filed already shows intent on AJ’s part to have Brad become the legal father of the kids so I doubt that the mere fact that they aren’t final would prove to be an insurmountable obstacle in court.
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ZGirl Says
That is true if the couple last seven years and lets be real neither of them have the courage to go the distance …
Just because Brad & Angelina didn’t issue a press release to say that Brad’s adoption of Maddox & Zahara is final doesn’t mean it is not final. Brad said it was and he, most of all should know that Maddox & Zahara are legally his children now too. Why folks believe Brad & Angie only did a name change is beyond me and seems to suit the posters wish that these two aren’t in their relationship for the long haul. EVERYTHING these two do just scream this fact….they are solidifying their family more and more and you can see that they get great joy from all their children.
Sometimes reading these blogs get to be an exercise in futility with the way some people hate on Brad & Angelina. I can’t understand the hate after all this time…..
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Katia Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:28 pm - flag comment
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Katia The adoption is LEGALLY FINAL since last May early June. Angie filled the name change petition in December 2005 asking to add the Pitt surname after hers to the kid’s surname. The name change petition became final in January 2006. Alongside Brad filled papers to adopt the kids in December 2005 and the adoption became final within 6-7 months. The adoption papers are a private document and of course you won’t be able to see it or know what the attorneys said. It was reported in the Newsweek magazine where Brad gave an interview last year that the adoption finalized around the time Shiloh was born and as Angie said the are legally bonded to their children.
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NYCGalnVA Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:01 pm - flag comment
Just because Brad & Angelina didn’t issue a press release to say that Brad’s adoption of Maddox & Zahara is final doesn’t mean it is not final.
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Exactly! All you can do is to anounce that you are adopting if you wish. The process and the paperwork is private documents that the public have not the right to see.
Brady Bunch, does anyone remember them? How many kids? How many families? At one time they were considered the all American family. How many children, I can’t remember. But it was more than three or four. Peace.
I wish she would have nursed and nurtured her youngest baby longer. What would the birth moms of her other kids have given to be able to hold and breastfeed , bond and love their babies…she is taking so much for granted and it is peculiar behavior. She is bordering on seeming to have a compulsion for collecting children. I am getting worried.
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dina#1 Says:
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:38 pm -
If you haters are so certain they are going to fail, just shut up and watch it happen. You don’t have to say anything just let it happen. Stop preaching, let it happen. Once it happens you can tell all of us, “We told you so.” Then what can we do except admit you people were right all a long. Of course we will be sad, but you guys will be right. So stfu and wait.
#273 Madmax,Is Heidi Klum collecting kids?she had 3 babies in 3 years,where is your “concern” for the nurturing of Leni age 2 and Henry age 1,when Heidi gave birth to Johan?
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