Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Sandra Bullock adopts African-American Baby, files for divorce; Adoption Statistics in America


One shocking and one not-so-shocking detail has came from the Sandra Bullock saga;  She has filed for divorce from Jesse James and she has adopted a little baby boy.

"Yes, I have filed for divorce," the actress, 45, tells PEOPLE in the latest issue, in which she also reveals she has adopted a son, 3½-month-old Louis.


A rep for Bullock confirms the star filed legal papers seeking to end her marriage, but declines to specify in what jurisdiction they are filed. Says Bullock of her decision to divorce: "I'm sad and I am scared."
We wish her this best for this, but she had more to say about the baby boy named Luis who is 3 1/2 months old to PEOPLE.

He's just perfect, I can't even describe him any other way," Bullock reveals exclusively in the new issue of PEOPLE, announcing that she is the proud mother of Louis Bardo Bullock, a 3½-month-old boy, born in New Orleans. "It's like he's always been a part of our lives."


Bullock, 45, and husband Jesse James, 41, began the adoption process four years ago and brought Louis home in January but decided to keep the news to themselves until after the Oscars. Their close friends and family – including James's children Sunny, 6, Jesse Jr., 12, and Chandler, 15 – were essential in keeping the adoption a secret

Sandra is now in the process of filing for adoption as a single parent. 

Usually celebrities go to Africa to adopt children, but their are plenty of children over here in America that need adopting.  Their were an estimated 55,000 children adopted in 2008 and an estimated 123,000 waiting to be adopted.  Not everybody has to have kids, you can also adopt children as an alternative choice.  This process is long, however, each child has to wait 5 years to be adopted.

 Nearly 40 percent of American adults, or 81.5 million people, have considered adopting a child, according to the National Adoption Attitudes Survey. If just one in 500 of these adults adopted, every waiting child in foster care would have a permanent family.

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