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American father looses his daughter to Russian wife.

Posted on February 11, 2012 | Leave a comment
A crying girl with her father

Photo by Oleg Sidorenko under Creative Commons 2.0 License

The story of Joshua Izzard is  very typical: as he traveled to Rome, his Russian wife decided to “return” to her homeland. Besides two suitcases, she took their daughter, the “burgeoning chip” in the war with her husband.

Joshua’s story is not different of thousands of others. Among other examples of  unresolved cases of parental abductions, the article mentions our “own” Gerardo Serrano. His son Mycah, was abducted to Poland by the mother of the boy 13 years ago. Yes, Mycah is almost adult (he is 17), and to this day blames his father for …. the abduction. Mycah, is very angry at his father, and does not believe in parental abduction syndrome.

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Polish corrupt judge rejects application for abducted children from Canada

Posted on January 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

I am saddened , but not surprised, to hear that Polish court rejected yet another  application under Hague Convention International law to return abducted children of Steven Watkins to Poland by their mother. This pattern of blind Polish nationalism during international custody cases is a typical shameful occurrence.

Polish authorities fail to understand that child abductions are real crime. To this day, Poland does NOT recognize parental abductions as crimes. Pathetic regimes of many previous Polish governments for years promised to change this situation, yet nothing has changed. But they DO make really loud noises about visa free traveling to United States.

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Case of abducted children to Poland discussed in the Canadian House of Commons.

Posted on January 20, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here is a Youtube video from the Canadian House of Commons, where  rep. Jinny Sims petitions Canadian government to expedite the case of  Stephen Watkins and his missing/abducted children, Alexander and Christopher Watkins (Ustaszewski).

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The way Polish legal system works or doesn’t

Posted on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

It seems that Polish courts found a way to keep the children in Poland, even after the abducting parent was initially order to return the child back to their homes abroad, and is still obligated to do so.

After a 3rd instance appeals have been removed by the Polish legislature for the family disputes (divorces, custody cases, Hague Convention cases…), the Polish judges of the regional courts feel that ignoring the Hague Convention Law is a valid option, and … they (the judges) are not afraid to use it.

In my case, the final court order to return my children: Amelia and Daniel back to their home in California, was issued in late 2001( after 2 very long years of adjudication!) and … nothing happened. Polish family court “tried” to enforce the order, but had no much “luck” or will – the mother decided to ignore it; she went  into hiding, and the local police “could not find” her for over 5 years;  the responsible judge refused to grant the permission to publish my children’s pictures in the media…). Continue reading →

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Andreas Serghedes:My daughters child abduction

Posted on June 18, 2003 | Leave a comment

Hi im writing to you to inform you of my daughters abduction to Poland since last year. My ex wife and my self met in London in 1997 were we eventualy got married at the end of the year. Laoura our daughter was born on the 19/09/1998 and when she was three months old i found out that my wife had been married previous to an Italian. Without being divorced she went ahead into a marriage with myself commiting bigamy.

Cutting the long story short in January 2002 we attended court in the UK were i was given two days access with Laoura until the court decided who would get custody. Worried that i would get custody, in March 2002 she decided to give falce alligations to the police in the UK that i was sexually abusing my daughter. After two months of investigation the child protection team in the UK realised that she was lying about the whole story. Continue reading →

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