Fellas - here’s a real-life example of an evil woman, and the hypocrisy of the family court system. I know that it is a long shot, but it can’t hurt to keep your eyes open for these kids and their crazy mother. It would be great if we could help this guy get his kids back:

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I ran across this article on a news site for a city that close to where I live. It describes a man who won custody of his two little girls, only to have the mother (who is Danish) kidnap them and disappear from Copenhagen on February 6th. The mother was able to abscond with the kids, because the family court judge in charge of their divorce was stupid enough to give her her passports.

The mother’s name is Majken Trolle Wadum. Her LinkedIn profile is here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/majken-trolle-wadum/?locale=de_DE

The father has created a website that describes the situation here, along with pictures of the ex-wife and kids:

https://laparamaky.wixsite.com/findebbaandsilvia

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Here’s the play-by-play from the website:

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June 2017:  Majken Trolle Wadum found in Copenhagen train station passed out with 4-year-old Silvia running about.

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June 2017:  Majken trips and falls in the middle of a Copenhagen street. A passerby assisted taking them to her apartment. Silvia was wearing soiled diapers that had not been changed in perhaps days. Passerby cleaned Silvia up and reported Majken to social services.

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June 2017: Bart Critser, upon receiving call from social services, flies to Denmark to bring Silvia to his parents’ home in Signal Mountain, Tenn., where Ebba (the second daughter (Silvia’s sister), then 9) was spending the summer.

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August 2017: Bart files for divorce and files for full custody of his children due to the endangerment that Majken has time and again subjected them to due to her long-standing alcoholism. The girls start school on Signal Mountain where they are happy, well adjusted and allowed to be children.

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September 2017: Judge Robert Whitwell forever changes the trajectory of these girls’ lives when he orders  them back to Mississippi to live with Majken (who, by then, had returned to Oxford.) Judge Whitwell orders joint-custody with Bart and held the passports of all four to prevent flight from the United States.

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June 2018: Judge Whitwell grants Majken’s request to again travel to Denmark, this time with both daughters, during the month of July. He returns Majken’s passport to her, along with the passports of the girls. Bart’s legal team objects, stating that Majken is a clear flight risk, noting particularly that the children had indicated to Bart that they are “moving.” Judge Whitwell orders Majken to return to Mississippi with the children no later than Aug. 5.

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August 5, 2018: Majken sends Bart an e-mail saying that she and the girls were staying in Denmark to start their new lives.

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Sept. 11, 2018: Divorce finalized and full custody of the girls is granted to Bart.

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Sept. 2018: Majken refuses to return to the United States with the girls. Bart travels to Denmark to begin the Hague Convention process.

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Oct. 2018: Bart travels there again for court proceedings. The lower court rules that the children should return to the United States. Majken appeals to high court.

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Dec./Jan. 2018/19: Bart travels there again twice for high court proceedings. High court judge orders a psychological evaluation of all four of them. A psychologist facilitates a session with Bart and the girls. This is the first time Bart is allowed to see his daughters since July 2018. Psychologist presents detailed report to high court judge.

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Jan. 30, 2019: High court judge rules that the girls should return to the United States. Bart’s attorney requests a hand-over plan from Majken’s attorney by Feb. 4.

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Feb. 6, 2019: Majken agrees for Bart to collect the girls on Feb. 6. Bart goes to her apartment – there is no answer at the door. Neighbors say they have not seen Majken and the girls in four days. Bart has made numerous attempts to find the girls. Danish police have searched the apartment. Majken’s mother and brother claim they do not know where she is. She has deleted her email account, her bank account and credit cards are frozen, Interpol has put a warning on her passport – and yet she has disappeared with the children without a trace.