Stand with Melo to Protect Her Daughter

Dear friends, family, and compassionate allies,

In just ten days, I will stand before a court in Denmark. This is more than a legal hearing — it’s my one chance to speak the truth, to defend the safety and well-being of my 3-year-old daughter, and to expose the violence and coercive control we have endured.

On February 22, we returned to Denmark under a U.S. court order that was meant to protect my daughter and ensure a fair custody process. Instead, my worst fear came true. At the airport, I was detained by Danish police order by the fathers lawyer to reject my U.S court order that was set to protect us, and my daughter was taken from my arms and handed over to her father — a man with a known history of PTSD, substance abuse, and domestic violence. The same man we fled from, and whom I had secured a U.S. restraining order against to protect us both.

My daughter has autism and this was communicated with the father and the danish authorities and that she understands only Spanish. But they didn't care about her condition and exposing her to trauma. Since being separated from me — her mother, her primary caregiver, her emotional anchor — she has developed mutism due to this preventable trauma. She is now in an environment where no one speaks her language, no one explains what is happening, and no one gives her the consistency and emotional safety she needs.

I have been denied all contact. I haven’t been allowed to see her or even tell her that I’m here, in Denmark, fighting every single day to bring her home.

Worse still, I’ve been told that her father showed her a photo of me and said, “You’ve lost your mother.” Imagine the confusion and heartbreak this causes a child already struggling with trauma and developmental challenges.

Despite everything, I have done everything by the book. I followed the law. I complied with court orders. I showed up. And now, I am asking for your support to keep going.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being part of this with me.

Let’s bring my daughter home.

With love and gratitude,

Melo & Isla

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