In a statement delivered in court, Julio Vigil, therapist for the Florida Cuban girl in the middle of a custody dispute, submitted a request to begin the girl’s transition from the care of her foster parents to the care of her biological father. The therapist stated that recent sessions have unveiled the girl has a profound understanding of the circumstances that surround her:

The new custody schedule was the recommendation of Julio Vigil, the girl’s court-appointed therapist, who said Wednesday that the youngster, in a tug of war between her Cuban father and her Coral Gables foster parents, appears to have accepted the possibility that she may be returned to her father. ”This has been a very telling transition I believe the child has made — not only intellectually, but emotionally,”

Yeah, but does she know about the pigs?

Judge: Cuban girl to spend more time with dad [Miami Herald]

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