Torry Hansen in court Friday in Lewisburg, TennesseeLEWISBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The woman who ended her Russian adoption by sending the 7-year-old boy to Moscow on a plane by himself appeared in a Tennessee court for the first time.
Attorney Ed Yarbrough said his client, Torry Hansen, attended a hearing Friday in Lewisburg to ask Judge Lee Russell to reconsider his order that she pay $150,000 in child support. It was her first court appearance in the case, which for a time led Russia to halt adoptions by U.S. parents. The judge ruled against Hansen's motion, and her attorney is vowing to appeal.
Hansen was living in Tennessee when she returned Artyom Saveliev in 2010 with a letter saying she didn't want to be his mother. He's now living in a group home in a Moscow suburb.
The World Association for Children and Parents adoption agency sued Hansen for child support.
Past Stories
- June 20, 2012: Woman Asks Judge To Set Aside Child Support Order
- May 17, 2012: Woman Who Sent Russian Boy Back To Pay $100K In Damages
- April 18, 2012: Mom Won't Be In Court Over Return Of Adopted Child
- April 12, 2012: Russian Wants US Woman To Testify Over Adoption
- Mar. 18, 2012: Woman Who Sent Russian Boy Back Must Pay Support
- Feb. 22, 2012: Mom Faces Contempt Motion In Russia Adoption Case
- Feb. 17, 2012: Attorney For Shelbyville Mother Asks To Withdraw From Case
- Feb. 2, 2012: Mom To Face Deposition In Russian Adopted Boy Case
- Jan. 24, 2012: Trial Set For US Mom Who Returned Russian Boy
- Jan. 11, 2012: 9-Year-Old Boy Sent Back To Russia Has Been Adopted
- Nov. 11, 2011: Judge Rules Russian Adoption Case Will Be Open
- Oct. 27, 2011: Judge Asked To Bar Media In Russian Adoption Case
- Oct. 27, 2011: Returned Russian Boy Could Be Added To Lawsuit
- Oct. 13, 2011: Trial Of Lawsuit Set In Return Of Russian Boy
- April 17, 2010: "Send-Back" Mom Will Not Face Charges
- April 13, 2010: Investigation Stalled, Still No Word From Shelbyville Mom
- April 12, 2010: Adoptive Parent Shows Sympathy For Shelbyville Mom
- April 10, 2010: Advocates Criticize Adoptive Mother
- April 9, 2010: Parents Speak Out About Russian Adoption Scandal
- April 9, 2010: Grandmother: Adopted Boy Was Violent, Angry
- April 9, 2010: Mid-State Mom Sends Adopted Son Back to Russia
- April 9, 2010: Tennessee Mother 'Returns' Adopted Boy To Russia
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