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"Kelly Rutherford&amp;apos;s ongoing custody battle has gotten more complicated than a storyline from the actress&amp;apos; former CW show, Gossip Girl. Four years after she filed for divorce from ex-husband Daniel Giersch, the star is still fighting to gain primary physical custody of the couple&amp;apos;s two kids, 5-year-old Hermes and 3-year-old Helena.\r\n(In August 2012, a judge ruled that the children should live with German businessman Giersch in Monaco, France, where he moved after being barred from the U.S. due to a revoked visa. Rutherford, the judge reasoned, has a flexible schedule and can travel to and from Monaco to visit.)\r\n\r\nUs Weekly caught up with the mom-of-two at the Wednesday, May 8, opening of the NYDJ shop at Bloomingdale&amp;apos;s in New York City, where she talked about her struggle to get her kids back to the States. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m just looking forward to them coming home at some point soon,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re U.S. citizens who were sent to a foreign country that neither their father nor I have any connection to. I think the whole thing is bizarre.&amp;quot;\r\nThe 44-year-old actress, who recently revealed to E! News that the custody fight had brought her to &amp;quot;the brink of bankruptcy,&amp;quot; added that she hoped there was an end in sight, not just for her sake but also for her kids&amp;apos; sake. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;apos;s hard on them,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;And certainly as a mother it&amp;apos;s hard to watch them go through this. It&amp;apos;s just silly.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAt least one good thing has come out of the legal saga, though -- Rutherford&amp;apos;s newfound passion for helping other mothers deal with their own custodial issues. The Gossip Girl star has apparently taken an interest in family law; she was scheduled to go to Washington, D.C., to speak about the issue this week, but an &amp;quot;emergency situation&amp;quot; regarding her court case kept her in New York.\r\n&amp;quot;You shouldn&amp;apos;t be able to go to court and be litigated against in that way over your children,&amp;quot; she told Us of why she wants to get involved. &amp;quot;There needs to be some reform, that&amp;apos;s all. They just need to change a few laws and get things straight again and on the right track.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, Rutherford will continue to fight for her kids. And though she still has quite a battle ahead of her, she can at least look forward to them visiting the city this summer.\r\n&amp;quot;I think the kids are coming here,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m beside myself.&amp;quot;\r\nAsked what she plans to do with them when they arrive, she revealed that they&amp;apos;d probably split their time between the Hamptons and Manhattan. &amp;quot;They like to do everything,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;They like to go for ice cream, they love the park, they love to be outdoors. They love FAO Schwarz.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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