29 Months since Nikki's abduction

9 December 2019, marks 29 months since Nikki’s abduction. I am still 100% alienated from Nikki, have no contact and receive no information with regards to his wellbeing. Parental Alienation in Child Abuse.

 2019/04/22 - Formal application (in Bulgarian) for contact with Nikki signed by me.

Fri 2019/07/26 1:25 PM – Receive a response that Bulgarian civil servants will be on leave

Friday, 26 July 2019 3:52 PM – Request from the South African Department of Justice to the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice “that the negotiations be prioritized”.

Mon 2019/08/26 12:03 PM – After requesting an update the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice remind us that are planning and will inform the competent social service in Bulgaria about exploring the possibility of negotiating with the mother about the applicant's contacts with his son.

Tue 2019/09/10 4:29 PM – Notification from the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice that they have sent a notice to the relevant social services in Bulgaria.

Fri 2019/10/18 2:59 PM – Receive notification from the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice that Nikki’s mother does not oppose mediation (she actually has no choice as a court would frown on her declining, now she just needs to ensure she controls the process).

Fri 2019/10/18 3:41 PM – The Bulgarian Department of Justice notifies us that costs are for my account.

Fri 2019/10/25 3:23 PM – Receive a list of 84 mediators to choose from, a random sample reveals that they are all Bulgarian.

Sat 2019/11/02 7:53 AM – I respond notifying the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice that I am no happy that the proposed process is “is devoid of neutrality and disadvantageous to Nicholas and I.”. I proposed using a neutral mediator based in the UK:

                We offer a specialist mediation service in cases of cross border family disputes involving children and mediate in cases of:

·       international parental child abduction/wrongful retention - involving both Member States of the 1980 Hague Convention and Non-Hague Convention

States;

·      prevention of abduction - where a family is separating and there are links with another country;

·      contact across international borders;

·      relocation - where one parent wishes to reside with their child in a different country.

Given Nikki’s mother’s crusade for total control, what do you think the chances are of her agreeing to this mediator (rhetorical question)?