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NEW ULM - After nearly a week of fleeing court-ordered chemotherapy treatment for cancer, a 13-year-old Sleepy Eye boy and his mother returned to Minnesota early Monday.

Speaking at a press conference outside the Brown County Courthouse late Monday afternoon, Sheriff Rich Hoffmann said Orange County, California attorney Jennifer L. Keller contacted the sheriff's office on Sunday on behalf of Colleen Hauser and indicated she wanted to bring her son Daniel home.

Discussions with Keller, Hoffmann and the FBI led to the Hausers returning to New Ulm at 3 a.m. Monday by charter flight donated by Asgaard Media, a Las Vegas-based company that develops, finances, produces and distributes motion pictures.

The Hausers were taken home, and the boy was immediately checked over medically, according to a sheriff's office news release.

Brown County Attorney Jim Olson said Monday evening that he understood the Hausers requested a court hearing in Brown County District Court today.

Olson said he understood Daniel Hauser was in a Twin Cities hospital for diagnosis re-staging to determine if his cancer has spread and to determine what treatment modalities may be used.

Because Colleen Hauser returned voluntarily, Olson said he would likely dismiss the felony complaint against her. Minneapolis FBI spokesman E.K. Wilson said the federal charge of unauthorized flight would also likely be dropped.

Daniel Hauser was evaluated at a hospital in the Twin Cities on Monday and his parents were with him, according to Tom Hagen, an attorney at the law office representing Daniel's parents.

Daniel was expected to spend Monday night at the farm. A court order placed Daniel in protective custody last week, but Olson said Brown County Family Services was comfortable allowing Daniel to stay with his parents.

Olson said a deputy was posted at the Hauser farm Monday night ''just to make sure nothing bad happens.''

Olson doesn't anticipate additional charges at this point, but said he hadn't seen all the police reports and he'd have to wait and see what happens at a court hearing, which will likely happen today.

''A lot depends upon the attitude of the parents, their willingness to get on board with a treatment plan,'' said Olson. ''If they are going to continue with this, 'We don't want chemo,' ... We'll see what happens tomorrow.''

Hoffmann declined to elaborate on Keller's involvement.

There are currently no outstanding charges against the Hausers in Brown County, said Chief Deputy Jason Seidl later Monday evening.

Dr. Bruce Bostrom, the pediatric oncologist at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota who diagnosed Daniel's cancer in January, said he was happy to hear of the boy's return.

''I'm delighted,'' Bostrom said. ''I've been so worried that he was going to die in Mexico. I've been praying for his safe return, so I think my prayers will be answered.''

Meanwhile, Hoffmann declined to comment on whether the Hausers visited any alternative cancer treatment clinics while out of state.

Brown County District Court was informed of the Hausers' voluntary return and quashed an arrest warrant issued by Judge John Rodenberg.

"It is my understanding that the federal fugitive warrant will also be dropped, which usually happens in these cases," Hoffmann said. "Daniel and Colleen have been reunited with their family in rural Sleepy Eye, pending future court proceedings. The Hauser family requests no media contact at this time."

Squad cars blocked the entrance to the Hauser farm Monday to ensure their privacy.

Hoffmann said the Brown County Sheriff's Office was no longer involved in the case.

He said he could not comment on any possible charges that may be filed against any persons related to the case.

"It's a good day as Daniel and Colleen Hauser have been safely returned to Minnesota," Hoffmann said. "I want to thank the media too. They really helped us get the word out."

In Brown County District Court testimony two weeks ago, doctors said a cancerous tumor in Daniel Hauser's chest would likely kill him without chemotherapy.

Daniel completed one round of a recommend six rounds of chemotherapy in early February.

The tumor then shrank, but it has since returned to its original size, according to court documents.

Colleen and Daniel Hauser flew from Minneapolis to Los Angeles last Monday. Colleen informed her husband that she was leaving, saying that's all he needed to know.

The Hausers were believed to be seeking cancer treatment in northern Mexico.

When Colleen Hauser failed to appear for a court hearing Tuesday, Rodenberg issued an arrest warrant for her.

Rodenberg said it was in Daniel Hauser's best interests to receive conventional medical treatment.

He issued a contempt order for the mother and ordered the boy be placed in the custody of the Brown County Family Services agency.

Last January, Daniel Hauser's persistent cough, fatigue and swollen lymph nodes were diagnosed as Hodgkin's lymphoma.

In February, Hauser's cancer responded well to one round of chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy treatment side effects concerned the boy's parents, who decided to stop treatments and sought other medical opinions.

Doctors estimated Hauser's successful remission with further chemotherapy and possible radiation treatment at 80-95 percent, according to court documents.

The sheriff's office released several copies of a video produced by Asgaard Media that includes about two minutes of an interview with Colleen and Daniel Hauser.

The pair are sitting on a couch in an undisclosed location, and Colleen Hauser does most of the talking. She describes what she says are the side-effects of the chemotherapy on her son, saying ''he literally could not eat, he couldn't even drink.'' Colleen Hauser also says her son planned to run away from home by himself.

''Then what do I have? I mean, he was going to run,'' Hauser said. ''And that just broke my heart. I can't have one of my children running away from something that they should face.''

Hauser expresses optimism that her son can beat cancer, but nowhere in the video does she explain where they've been or what they've been doing since they left Sleepy Eye.

At one point, an unseen woman asks Daniel Hauser what he'd say to people who claim he's not old enough to decide whether he needs chemotherapy.

''I'd tell them to back off,'' Daniel Hauser said.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this story.