DENVER (AP) – A 12-year-old boy is set to return to South Africa with his mother after nearly two years in Denver.

Sylvia Nontombi Matshoba, of Johannesburg, South Africa, and the boy’s father, James Ainsworth of Denver are separated and going through a divorce. During a trip to Denver in July 2009, both parents agreed to allow the boy to extend his stay so that he could attend school.

A dispute later arose about the boy’s return, which ended last Wednesday when both parents reached an agreement that allows Matshoba to return with her son to South Africa. Matshoba’s attorney, Jonathan Booker of Boulder-based Family Law International, says the two will board a flight to South Africa late Monday or early Tuesday.

An attorney for Ainsworth did not immediately return a call.

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