Parent judged to return four year old child to adopted parents.

(CNN) -- The 4-year-old girl at the center of
a lengthy, high-profile custody dispute
between her Native American father and
her adoptive parents has been returned to
the couple, an attorney for the biological
father said Monday.
Earlier in the day, the Oklahoma Supreme
Court ruled Dusten Brown, the girl's father,
must return the girl, named Veronica, to
Matt and Melanie Capobianco, who live in
South Carolina.
The Capobiancos adopted Veronica at birth
in 2009 and have been involved in a
custody battle since then with Brown, who
lives in Oklahoma.
According to an earlier written statement
from the family after the court
announcement, their "long legal nightmare"
is over.
"Matt and Melanie cannot wait to bring
Veronica home and begin the healing
process as a reunited family," the
statement said.
Brown is a registered member of the
Cherokee tribe and invoked the Indian Child
Welfare Act to gain custody of Veronica.
His attorney, Clark Brewster, said Brown
handed Veronica over Monday night.
A family court judge had ruled in Brown's
favor in late 2011, and he took his daughter
to Oklahoma. The Capobiancos had fought
since to have Veronica returned, arguing
federal law does not define an unwed
biological father as a parent.
In June, a divided U.S. Supreme Court sided
with the Capobiancos, who are white, but
Brown had refused to hand over the child.