Father Vows to Reclaim Daughter
A U.S. doctor arrived in New Zealand today to try to reclaim his 7-year-old daughter, who is at the center of a bitter custody battle and reportedly has not seen either of her parents for two years.
“I intend to see my daughter and I have every intention of bringing her back home,” Dr. Eric A. Foretich said.
The girl’s mother, Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, was jailed for 25 months when she refused to say where her daughter was after a U.S. court gave her former husband unsupervised access to the child.
Morgan had claimed her ex-husband sexually abused Hilary Foretich, a charge he denies.
A New Zealand court granted an interim order on Friday giving custody of Hilary to her maternal grandparents, with whom she had been traveling.
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