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Brad Pitt is said to be proposing to Angelina Jolie
(NEWS.com)
Updated: 2005-12-08 10:03
The heartthrob actor is allegedly desperate to tie the knot with the
pillow-lipped beauty - but she doesn't want to hurry to the altar.
A friend claimed: "Angie is addicted to her independence.
"She's happy with Brad and doesn't want to jinx the relationship."
The insider says Angelina wants to make sure her romance with Brad - who has
filed a legal bid to officially adopt her two children, Maddox and baby Zahara -
is right before she ties the knot.
The source added to Britain's Grazia magazine: "There'll be a marriage
eventually, but Angelina will say when.
"She's already had two failed marriages and wants to be 100 per cent sure
this time."
But the pair may decide to bring the reported nuptials forward as Pitt faces
a stream of legal red tape in trying to adopt his lover's children out of
wedlock.
The actor's decision to adopt the youngsters as a bachelor will result in
mountains of paperwork, a high fee and in-home supervision.
A lawyer said: "This is not the easiest way of doing things. Frequently, what
you do if you are in a relationship with someone and you want to adopt their
children, you marry them and do a step-parent adoption. There are extra
requirements when you are not related by marriage to the children you are
adopting."
The adoption fee in Los Angeles is $US775 and the process takes approximately
three to six months. But since Pitt is filing as a second parent he has to pay
$US2950 and faces far more scrutiny.
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