I Solved the issue of the initial filter getting kicked out with a ‘whereStatement’=> “SQL Criteria here”,
custom\modules\<Parent Module>\metadata\popupdefs.php
global $current_user;
$this_Table = 'contacts_cstm';
$popupMeta = array(
// Custom Code
'whereStatement'=> $this_Table.".wec_c = '1'",
//
Thanks for getting me in the right direction with this post