Madonna is trying to adopt another child from the impoverished African country of Malawi.

An official at the Malawi welfare department confirms to the Associated Press that the singer, 50, has filed adoption papers. Another source tells the AP that she is visiting Malawi this weekend and that a court could hear her adoption case as early as Monday. A U.S. government official also confirms the AP’s report.

Her rep Liz Rosenberg has yet to comment.

Earlier this week, New York’s Daily News reported that Madonna’s attempts to adopt again could be hindered due to her love life.

“Our official policy is that we do not encourage our children to be sent into broken homes,” a senior official from Malawi’s Ministry of Women and Child Welfare Development said of the singer, who has romanced 22-year-old model Jesus Luz and Alex Rodriguez since divorcing Guy Ritchie last year. “Her relationships may negatively affect the adoption of Mercy.”

Madonna adopted son David Banda, 3, from Malawi in 2006. She has expressed interest in wanting to adopt another child.

“Many people – especially our Malawian friends – say that David should have a Malawian brother or sister,” she recently told Malawi’s The Nation newspaper. “It’s something I have been considering but would only do if I had the support of the Malawian people and the government.”

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