Overview

• The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed Christina Block’s complaint, affirming that custody jurisdiction lies with Denmark due to the children’s habitual residence there.
• The children, who have lived with their father in Denmark since 2021, remain socially and linguistically integrated in the country and have expressed a preference to stay with him.
• Block and six others were indicted in April 2025 on charges including child abduction, mistreatment, and bodily harm related to the alleged New Year’s Eve 2023/24 kidnapping of her children.
• Prosecutors allege Block hired an Israeli security firm to carry out the abduction, though she denies involvement and attributes responsibility to her late mother.
• A criminal trial for Block and her co-defendants is expected to commence in the summer of 2025, with Block continuing to contest the charges.