Maureen puts Christmas on hold for love of orphan

A WOMAN who moved to France two months ago so she could adopt an Indian boy born with only one limb will celebrate Christmas without her husband and family.

British-born Maureen Attig, 52, and her retired Irish-American husband, Don, 68, who lives in Donoughmore, Co Cork, are both considered too old under Irish and British law to adopt the five-year-old orphan.

But Ms Attig, who once worked in France, wants to live and work there until she can adopt Tony under French law.