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Madonna's adoption appeal verdict delayed

Hearing was adjourned after 30 minutes

Madonna divorced Guy Ritchie in 2008

Madonna must wait to see if she can adopt another child from Malawi.

The singer’s appeal hearing was postponed by the country’s High Court.

The three overseeing judges say they needed more time to deliberate.

Madonna, 50, was denied custody of Mercy James, 4, last month because she's not a permanent resident of Malawi.

Meanwhile, James Kambewa claims he's the child's biological dad.

'There is no evidence that this man is the father of Mercy,' says Madonna's rep Liz Rosenberg. 

'Her mother died while giving birth to her, no family member has ever come forward to claim this child and now some man appears claiming to be her father.'

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