US-Vater versucht Sohn nach Entführung durch Mutter aus italienischem Waisenhaus zurückzubekommen

Hört sich in der Überschrift kompliziert an, ist aber ganz einfach – und trotzdem schwer gestört:

Liam, an American citizen, was placed into the custody of an Italian orphanage this spring after his mother, Manuela McCarty, fled to her native Italy with the child in the middle of a custody dispute with Michael McCarty.

Yet shortly after arriving, a court reportedly ruled that she was an unfit parent and Liam was put into an orphanage instead of being returned to his father. Now father and son are stuck in a tangled legal battle that involves several courts in what Michael McCarty said is an "archaeic" system. (…)

McCarty said he's concerned not only with getting his son back on American soil, but about his mental condition and the stress of not knowing anyone he can trust. "That happy little boy that you saw … has changed," he said. "He has been traumatized by this experience. You can only imagine what it might be like for a 5-year-old child to be torn away from everything he knows."

Ein Kind gehört halt zur Mutter, und wenn die ungeeignet ist (und mittlerweile vom FBI gesucht wird), dann gehört es eben irgendwo hin. Bloß nicht zum Vater.

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