The New York Daily News reports that Sandra Bullock wants to legally adopt her husband’s 6-year-old daughter, Sunny.
Legal experts say there is little chance that will happen.
Bullock and hubby Jesse James face an uphill battle to achieve this adoption. To do this, the court has to terminate the parental rights of the mother, porn star Janine Lindemulder. The court is usually very reluctant to cut this link.
Janine is presently spending four months in a halfway house because she violated the terms of her parole in a tax evasion case. Sunny has lived with her father and Sandra Bullock since 2009.
A judge refused to give visitation rights to Lindemulder last Monday (February 1). Sunny’s biological mother does have the right to daily phone calls. Jesse James does not like how his ex talks to their daughter about her time in prison. He adds that Lindemuler missed many visits with Sunny, including one on Christmas Day.
According to experts, in order to cut parental links, they have to prove that the parent has abandonned their emotional, financial and physical role.
Bullock may have little chance of adopting the girl but the fact that she is rich and famous may work in her favour.