Overview
- A court in Sønderborg heard 85‑year‑old Eugen Block’s claim for contact with his two youngest grandchildren on Friday, and both Block and the children’s father, Stephan Hensel, attended the hearing.
- Hensel told dpa the court intends to announce its judgment on 18 September, making that date the next procedural milestone in the dispute.
- The visitation case is linked to a parallel criminal trial in Hamburg in which Christina Block is accused of hiring an Israeli security firm to abduct the children from Denmark, an allegation she denies.
- A Danish court stripped Christina Block of custody and visitation for the two children in May 2025, and the children, now about 12 and 15 years old, have repeatedly said they do not want contact with their mother’s family.
- Hamburg prosecutors briefly investigated Eugen Block after the alleged abduction but later dropped that probe, and the Danish decision could influence how courts manage cross‑border family enforcement and the daily lives of the children involved.