Russia Demands Money For Returned AdopteeShelbyville Woman Fights Claim
Nashville News
POSTED: 7:18 am CST January 22, 2011
POSTED: 7:18 am CST January 22, 2011
UPDATED: 10:05 am CST January 22, 2011
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia has been hit with a child support claim by an adoption agency, but her attorney asked a juvenile court to throw the claim out.Torry Hansen, who had been living in Shelbyville, sent the 8-year-old boy on a plane to Moscow by himself last April with a note saying that she didn't want to be his mother anymore because the child had psychological problems.
The incident created an international uproar.According to documents obtained by the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Hansen's attorney filed a motion to dismiss child support claims made by Hansen's adoption agency, World Association for Children and Parents, in juvenile court in Shelbyville.The newspaper reported Thursday that Russian authorities want Hansen to pay about $2,500 a month to care for the child, who is living in an orphanage.
Hansen's attorney, Trisha Henegar, filed the response Dec. 28. Hansen has since retained a different attorney, Jennifer Thompson, who declined to discuss details of the case when reached by The Associated Press on Thursday.Henegar argued that the juvenile court lacks jurisdiction to order child support because Tennessee is not the boy's "home state" and said the termination of Hansen's parental rights is currently being handled by a Russian court.Henegar said in the documents that Tennessee state law defines the "home state" as where a child lived with a parent for at least six months. She said the boy, who was named Justin Hansen, lived with the family in Bedford County less than six months before he was sent back.
Henegar wrote that the National Council for Adoption, an adoption advocacy group that joined in the petition against Hansen, has been trying to persuade a court in Moscow to postpone proceedings that would terminate Hansen's parental rights. Hansen "will not have to pay child support in Tennessee once her rights are terminated and will not be held criminally liable," Henegar wrote.Neither Torry Hansen or her mother, Nancy Hansen, who put the child on the plane under the care of the flight attendants, has been criminally charged. Local authorities have said they have not been able to determine if a crime occurred in Bedford County.An attorney representing the adoption agency did not immediately return requests for comment Thursday.
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia has been hit with a child support claim by an adoption agency, but her attorney asked a juvenile court to throw the claim out.Torry Hansen, who had been living in Shelbyville, sent the 8-year-old boy on a plane to Moscow by himself last April with a note saying that she didn't want to be his mother anymore because the child had psychological problems.
The incident created an international uproar.According to documents obtained by the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Hansen's attorney filed a motion to dismiss child support claims made by Hansen's adoption agency, World Association for Children and Parents, in juvenile court in Shelbyville.The newspaper reported Thursday that Russian authorities want Hansen to pay about $2,500 a month to care for the child, who is living in an orphanage.
Hansen's attorney, Trisha Henegar, filed the response Dec. 28. Hansen has since retained a different attorney, Jennifer Thompson, who declined to discuss details of the case when reached by The Associated Press on Thursday.Henegar argued that the juvenile court lacks jurisdiction to order child support because Tennessee is not the boy's "home state" and said the termination of Hansen's parental rights is currently being handled by a Russian court.Henegar said in the documents that Tennessee state law defines the "home state" as where a child lived with a parent for at least six months. She said the boy, who was named Justin Hansen, lived with the family in Bedford County less than six months before he was sent back.
Henegar wrote that the National Council for Adoption, an adoption advocacy group that joined in the petition against Hansen, has been trying to persuade a court in Moscow to postpone proceedings that would terminate Hansen's parental rights. Hansen "will not have to pay child support in Tennessee once her rights are terminated and will not be held criminally liable," Henegar wrote.Neither Torry Hansen or her mother, Nancy Hansen, who put the child on the plane under the care of the flight attendants, has been criminally charged. Local authorities have said they have not been able to determine if a crime occurred in Bedford County.An attorney representing the adoption agency did not immediately return requests for comment Thursday.
Previous Stories:
- January 18, 2011: Report: Russian Boy's Adoption Still In Limbo
- November 30, 2010: Russia, US To Meet After Shelbyville Adoption
- August 23, 2010: E-Mails Suggest Russian Adoption Papers Altered
- August 3, 2010: China To Change Adoption Policies After Tenn. Case
- April 19, 2010: Volcanic Ash Delays Russian Adoptions Meeting
- April 15, 2010: Questions Still Surround Russian Adoptions To US
- April 15, 2010: Co-Worker: Adoptive Mom Felt Lied To By Agency
- Story: Report: Russian Boy's Adoption Held Up
- PDF: Letter Tenn. Mom Sent With Adopted Son Back To Russia (pdf)
- Video: Russia Adoption Confusion Puts Families In Limbo
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- Video: Will Charges Be Filed In Russian Adoption Case?
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- Video: Mom Who Sent Child To Russia Could Face Charges
- Video: Adopted Russian Boy Sent Back Home
- Video: Bedford Co. Mom Sends Child Back To Russia
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