Hearings have begun to decide the custody of the 10-month-old twin girls who were adopted over the Internet, then sent back overseas to their birth parents.

Kiara and Keyara Wecker, the Internet twin girls once at the centre of a transatlantic custody battle, were back in the United States yesterday after spending most of their lives away from their natural parents.

The twins adopted by a British couple over the Internet should return to Missouri hidden from the public eye, the family court judge overseeing their case has said.

British couple Judith and Alan Kilshaw have decided not to appeal against the High Court ruling to return the babies they adopted over the internet to the United States

Alan and Judith Kilshaw were expected to learn today whether they will be able to keep the twins they claim to have legally adopted over the Internet.

Alan and Judith Kilshaw are expected to learn tomorrow whether they will be able to keep the twins they claim to have legally adopted over the Internet.

The next move is up to British authorities in deciding the fate of the eight-month-old internet twin girls caught up in an international custody battle.

A court in the US has ruled that the twins adopted by Judith and Alan Kilshaw over the internet should be returned to America.

A judge is to hear a custody application by the natural father of the internet twins, Belinda and Kimberley.

Lawyers for a Californian couple in the transatlantic internet twins case face competition in their bid to challenge the Arkansas state adoption of the girls.

An American judge has awarded custody of the internet adoption twins to the baby girls' biological father.

A couple who adopted twins on the internet deny they knew of a deliberate attempt to defraud US authorities in order to have the girls.