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To: haqihana who wrote (17830)	4/30/2000 9:34:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Reports on the custody issue seem to vary widely; I've read published reports stating that he was living with his father, and other reports obviously conflict. I haven't sufficient interest to try to dig out the truth (if my opinion meant anything to anyone, I might be more interested). I still believe that a child with one living parent belongs with that parent, unless that parent is clearly incompetent, and that nobody has the right to keep a child away from a parent.

To: haqihana who wrote (17830)	4/30/2000 1:30:00 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Whether the father had custody when the mother was alive - is this important now that she is dead? The mother is dead and the father is alive and wants him. A father has more claim to custody of a child than a great-uncle, I think, under both U.S. law and general morality. This doesn't seem disputable to me. From what I've read, the father was a devoted father in Cuba. And when the mother left with her brother and Elian, he called Miami immediately to tell relatives there to look out for him. A sign of concern and worry IMO. Where should a boy whose mother has died be raised - with a father who apparently loves him, though he lives in a poor country ruled by a Communist dictator or in the U.S. with a great-uncle with four drunk driving convictions and a cousin who's continually in and out of hospitals for emotional breakdowns? The father sounds like the least-bad choice to me.