An American mother whose baby was taken from her by Norway’s controversial child protective service over minor health issues five years ago has lost her appeal and says that the groundwork is being laid for her son to be forcibly adopted.
Last month, a local county welfare board that handles child protective services cases near her home in Lyngdal, Norway ruled against United States-born mother Amy Jakobsen Bjørnevåg.
Bjørnevåg is seeking to regain custody (or at the very least gain visitation rights) of her son, Tyler, who was taken into custody by Norway’s child protection agency, Barnevernet, when he was just 19 months old in July 2013.
Bjørnevåg, who moved to Norway with her family when was 12 and gave birth Tyler at the age 18, told The Christian Post earlier this year that her son was removed from her home over concern that Tyler wasn’t eating solid foods, weighed about a pound less than he should have and was experiencing a Vitamin B12 deficiency.
As international rights advocates have long spoken out against Norway’s CPS system for being too quick to remove children from their parents over arbitrary reasons, Tyler has not been returned to Bjørnevåg or his father, Kevin, even though five years have passed and he is soon to turn seven.
Having been through years of court battles and appeals to regain custody of her son, Bjørnevåg told CP Monday that she could soon lose her ability to even fight for custody if Tyler’s foster family is successful in its attempt to legally adopt the child.
“This time, I was applying for custody back. If not custody, than…
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