premise: LILONGWE, Malawi: In a surprise move, a judge yesterday rejected Madonna's request to adopt a second child from Malawi and said it would set a dangerous precedent to bend rules requiring that prospective parents live here for some period. Madonna's lawyer, Alan Chinula, said later yesterday that he has "filed notice for appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal." He says no date was immediately set. The country's child welfare minister had come out Thursday in support of the pop superstar's application to ado pt 3-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James.
hypothesis: Madonna has three children.