MIAMI - A judge on Tuesday approved a settlement in an international custody dispute that gives a Cuban farmer custody of his 5-year-old daughter, who came to the U.S. with her mother two years ago. State officials had supported efforts by the girl's wealthy U.S.

By CURT ANDERSON MIAMI - A settlement was reached Wednesday in the court battle between a Cuban farmer and a wealthy Florida couple over the man's 5-year-old daughter, and a person familiar with the deal said it gives the farmer sole custody.

By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ MIAMI - As the judge in the custody dispute over a 5-year-old Cuban girl prepares to rule on the child's fate, the specter of U.S.-Cuban relations is again looming over the case, seven years after the Elian Gonzalez saga concluded. Circuit Judge Jeri B.

By RASHA MADKOUR MIAMI - A Cuban farmer fighting for custody of his 5-year-old daughter made virtually no effort to be a parent when the girl left the island nation with her mother, state child welfare attorneys said in closing arguments Wednesday.

By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ MIAMI - A judge on Wednesday dismissed several charges against a Cuban father seeking to regain custody of his young daughter, dealing another blow to the state's case against him. The state child welfare authorities want Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jeri B.