Parents sued for returning Russian boy
A lawsuit against a Tennessee family that sent an adopted young boy back to Russia has been scheduled for trial early next year.Put on a plane
An adoption agency, the World Association for Children and Parents, filed the lawsuit after Nancy Hansen put then- 7-year-old Artyom Savelyev alone on an airline flight to Moscow in April 2010. She sent with him a note from her daughter and Artyom's adoptive mother, Torry Hansen, which said the boy was violent and she no longer wanted to keep him.
Russian orphanage
The boy was placed in a Russian orphanage two months later, according to the U.S. adoption agency. The act sparked international outrage. Russian authorities barred U.S. citizens from adopting children, the ban was lifted in June of this year.
No investigation
Attorneys for the adoption agency said they filed the lawsuit because no one was investigating claims that the Hansens abandoned and endangered the child.
No charges
Bedford County authorities said when the child was sent back that there was no evidence that a crime had occurred in local jurisdiction and no charges could be filed. If the lawsuit is not settled by the end of this year, a trial date is scheduled.
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