Overview

• In hearings July 8 and 9, a Florida judge directed that 14-year-old Andrea Nicolás be returned to his mother under the standing custody terms.
• The court has scheduled further sessions to determine which parent will gain permanent custody of the teenager.
• Rubio sought an emergency hearing after her son stayed with Nicolás Vallejo-Nágera beyond the June 5 transfer outlined in their custody agreement.
• Colate’s legal team maintains he kept the boy to protect him from alleged physical abuse by Rubio, who faces a formal assault complaint in Florida.
• Rubio is simultaneously defending two separate legal actions in Spanish courts over alleged aggression incidents dating back to last August.