Ukraine Says Elton’s Too Old to Adopt HIV + Child

According to Associated Press reports, Ukrainian officials have denied allowing Elton John to adopt a 14-month-old HIV-positive Ukrainian boy, because he is too old and is not married.

Reports indicate that Elton and his partner David Furnish wanted to adopt a Ukrainian boy named Lev, but the country’s law mandates that adoptive parents must be married, and since same-sex marriages aren’t recognized, it disqualifies the couple from adopting.

Ukrainian officials also said that Elton John is too old to adopt as Ukrainian law also requires adoptive parents to be less than 45 years older than the child.