Reply #167: I'm going by what's in the article, and the authorities investigating say they don't know.

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And the reason I didn't know is there was that whole thing with Madonna and wanting to adopt that child she'd taken with her. She had been allowed to leave the country with him before it was final. Maybe celebrities get special treatment then. To clarify, I am absolutely anti-this woman, and think what she did was wrong and think she should be proscuted. In caase anyone thinks otherwise. I'm not defending her. I was merely quoting what was in the article. I thought it was absolutely clear he was a US citizen. If the people in the article saying otherwise are mistaken, that may be. Either way, I think it's just a technicality that might mean she doesn't have to pay for what she's done, unfortunately.

Edit, from the article:

Not clear if laws broken
Bob Tuke, a Nashville attorney and member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, said abandonment charges against the family could depend on whether the boy was a U.S. citizen.

It wasn't clear if the adoption had become final but a Tennessee health department spokeswoman said there was no birth certificate issued for the boy, a step that would indicate he had become a U.S. citizen.