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...deciding where he wants to live. But the first-grader's crude letters betray his tender mind, like the Power Rangers in his toy box. Last week Miami Federal Judge K. Michael Moore dismissed the relatives' case and agreed with Attorney General Janet Reno that only the Cuban father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, can speak for a child that young. "Each passing day," Moore wrote, "is another day lost" between Juan Miguel and Elian...
...leaving him to float on an inner tube for two days, his saga has been as bizarre and unending as a novel of magic realism. The Miami lawyers are appealing Moore's ruling, and myriad other delay tactics await. Meanwhile, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro apparently still won't let Juan Miguel, 31, go to Miami to get Elian. Bottom line: this ugly international custody battle has a few more skirmishes to go before one side can claim victory...
High-powered Washington attorney Gregory Craig, who defended Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial, has entered the fray as Juan Miguel's lawyer--raising hopes for a quicker end to the case. But Craig, who told TIME he took the job in part because he too has a six-year-old boy, says not even he knows yet when the father will come for Elian...
...Gore's attempt to jump the fence may backfire on him a lot sooner than the election, however, as negotiations between Washington and Havana continue over Juan Miguel Gonzalez's coming to the U.S. to take custody of his son during the appeal process. Indications are that even once the father arrives, rather than hand Elian over, the Miami relatives plan to insist on a custody battle in a Florida family court - something Juan Miguel Gonzalez is unlikely ever to accept. That would leave the vice president in the uncomfortable position of supporting the separation of a child from...
...Lawyers for the Miami relatives, meanwhile, have accepted the Justice Department ultimatum to agree to an expedited appeal process. They filed papers Monday calling for a speedy ruling in their appeal against a federal judge's decision that upheld the government's ruling that the boy's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, remains Elian's legal guardian, and that he should therefore be sent home in accordance with his guardian's wishes. A decision may come within a week, but even that may not bring the matter to a close. "If they lose in the courts, the Miami family may again...