**A Dutch court is considering whether to remove 14-year-old Laura Dekker from the care of her father, who backs her plan to sail solo round the world.**A decision is expected later on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the court in Utrecht told the BBC.
Miss Dekker returned from the Dutch Caribbean island of St Maarten on Tuesday. She had turned up there after the court had blocked her sailing trip.
She is in court with her parents, who separated when she was six.
One possibility is for her to go and live with her mother, the spokesperson said, declining to be named.
Alternatively the court might transfer her to the child protection service.
Secret flight
She was discovered on St Maarten after disappearing last week. It is still unclear how she managed to make the journey unaccompanied.
Miss Dekker has been under state supervision since October, when the Utrecht court blocked her bid to become the youngest person to sail the globe solo.
The order remains valid until the end of her school year in July 2010.
A seasoned sailor, Miss Dekker was born on a yacht off the coast of New Zealand during a seven-year world trip. She had her own yacht by the age of six and began sailing solo when she was 10.
While her father, Dick Dekker, supports her attempt at the record, her mother has expressed some concerns.
Miss Dekker had planned to spend about two years aboard her 8m (26ft) boat, Guppy, to break the record set in August by a 17-year-old British boy.