In the spring of 2010, Torry Hansen bought a one-way ticket to Russia for her 7-year-old adopted son. Pinned inside one of his pockets was a note from his mother. “I no longer wish to parent this child,” the note said. Hansen’s actions set off a firestorm in the international adoption world, and the Renton agency that placed the boy with Hansen faced questions about its role. That agency, the World Association for Children and Parents, has now brought a lawsuit against the mother in a Tennessee court. A judge will decide whether the case will move forward next Thursday. “What we’re seeking is to have [Hansen] held accountable,” Larry Crain, the Nashville attorney representing WACAP, tells SW.”She is still the legal parent,” Crain says of Hansen. According to the attorney, and common sense, buying your child a one-way ticket out of here is not the correct procedure to nullify an adoption. Therefore, WACAP argues, Hansen is still obligated to financially support the boy, known as Artyom in Russia and renamed Justin in the U.S. Now 9, the child is back at a Russian orphanage. Russian authorities have declared him ineligible for adoption. “As you might expect, the emotional trauma makes it difficult to place him,” Crain says. Contrary to the horror stories Americans have heard about Russian orphanages, Crain says Artyom is being well taken care of. Still, WACAP wants Hansen compelled to set up a trust fund for the boy.Neither Hansen nor her attorney could be reached for comment. Crain says he believes Hansen has moved to California. She has filed a motion to dismiss the case. If the judge rules against her next Thursday, the case is supposed to proceed to trial in January. It is sure to be of great interest in Russia, where horror stories also circulate–about abusive American parents taking their children away. The Hansen case caused such an uproar that Russian authorities suspended American adoptions for nine months. They have only recently restarted. WACAP’s lawsuit may be, in part, an attempt to help American agencies regain credibility. But Crain maintains WACAP’s primary goal is look after Artyom. “WACAP felt it had a responsibility to the child,” Crain says. He adds that the agency would have also stepped in to help when the boy was in the U.S. The note Hansen pinned to the boy said he was “violent” and “psychopathic.” But according to Crain, Hansen never reached out to the agency. Follow The Daily Weekly on Facebook and Twitter.