Kelly Rutherford has lost custody of her two children, and based on a Monaco judge's new ruling, the actress will no longer be able to bring them to the United States.

Rutherford's two children Hermes, 9, and Helena, 6, have been living with her ex-husband Daniel Giersch in Monaco and France since 2012, and that is where they will stay. According to leaked court documents obtained by the Daily Mail, Rutherford is "only permitted to exercise her visiting and accommodation rights exclusively in France and Monaco."

So what prompted the ruling? This past summer Rutherford allegedly refused to put her kids on a plane back to Europe at the end of their summer vacation with her in the United States, at which point Giersch claimed she had kidnapped their children.

As unfair as that is, New York-based lawyer Susan Moss, who is not involved with Rutherford's case, told People that Rutherford's decision to take the law into her own hands was what ultimately landed her in this position.

"[Rutherford's] visitation rights can only be used in France and Monaco, and the reason for that is because, this summer when she had visitation in America, she refused to return the kids, and courts really don't like self-help," Moss told the mag. "Kelly Rutherford has only herself to blame. She is the reason why she lost custody of these kids."