MEMPHIS, Tennessee: A Chinese couple have regained legal custody of their eight-year-old daughter after a seven-year fight to get her back from an American couple who were supposed to offer temporary foster care.

A juvenile court judge in Memphis, Tennessee, signed an order on Monday returning custody of Anna Mae He to her parents He Shaoqiang and Luo Qin, Chinese citizens who came to the United States so He could attend college.

The order revoked the temporary guardianship by Jerry and Louise Baker, former foster parents who had tried to adopt the girl over her parents' objections.