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Golan v. Saada

Jul 23, 2022 | Child abduction, U.S. case law

In Golan v. Saada the Supreme Court ruled that a court is not required to examine all possible ameliorative measures before denying a Hague Convention petition for return of a child to a foreign country once the court has found that return would expose the child to a...

12 months of suspended prison sentence

Jul 8, 2022 | Child abduction, Martine Wernsen, The Netherlands case law

12 months of suspended prison sentence for the mother who withdrew her three-year-old daughter from the father’s legal custody for 14 months. Now she gets a suspended prison sentence with probation and she must pay damages. District Court of Gelderland July 1...

Return to Madrid ? No, to Spain.

Jun 4, 2022 | Child abduction, Germany case law

Return to Madrid ? No, to Spain. Koblenz Higher Regional Court, Germany 11 March 2020, 13 UF 67/206 The child was born in Trier, Germany, in March 2018. In May 2018, the father acknowledged paternity of the child. In early July 2018, the family moved to Spain and from...

Habitual residence in appeal court

Jun 4, 2022 | Canada Ontario, Child abduction, Habitual residence

Habitual residence in appeal court If the court in Canada – Ontario made a decision about where the child has his or her habitual residence, the appeal court can intervene only if there is an obvious error in the trial decision that is determative of the outcome...

Intolerable situation

Jun 3, 2022 | Australia case law, Child abduction

Intolerable situation Comar & Comar, Appeal Court Australia, 24 April 2020, FamCAFC 99 Grave risk In this case, the court had denied the children’s return to Columbia because there was a serious risk that, if returned, the children would be exposed to...

U.S. : Protective measures

Jun 3, 2022 | Child abduction

U.S. : Protective measures In the U.S. there are several means to prevent the removal of re-abduction of a child: – the child’s passport(s) to be deposited with authorities – the alleged abductor’s passport to be deposited with authorities...