We understand that some may wish to ask the court to reconsider their decision. The family’s lawyers are also reviewing other legal procedures that may be available to request reconsideration or to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights. That court refused to hear an earlier appeal.
The boy and his parents were on board a jetliner minutes from departing Sweden for Annie’s home country of India when seven-year-old Domenic was seized in June 2009. The reason authorities initially gave for taking Domenic was that he had been homeschooled. During subsequent medical evaluations Domenic was found to have missed some vaccinations and “had cavities” in his teeth. During the first months following his seizure the parents were only permitted to visit Domenic once every two weeks. This quickly became once every five weeks, and then in 2010 all visitations were cut off. The case of the Johanssons demonstrates what can happen when the family is not respected as an integral unit of society.
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