LEWISBURG, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee woman has been sentenced to prison on a charge of international parental kidnapping, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, was involved in a custody litigation with the father of their 9-year-old child in Sumner County in the summer of 2023.

Carson requested a parental relocation to Portugal.

“In July 2023, a family law judge allowed Carson to travel to Portugal with N.C. However, she did not return as ordered and wrote a letter to the judge saying she was disobeying his order and had no plans to return to the United States‚” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Carson later fled Portugal with the child to Indonesia, a country that does not share an extradition treaty with the U.S.

“According to court documents, Carso

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