Nov 28, 2023 | Blog, Child abduction, Greece - case law, Home-blog
Rainbow family breakdown: International child abduction case leads to indirect recognition of LBGTQ+ families in Greece (?) While a huge debate is going on right now in Greece regarding marriage equality for same- sex couples, which will inevitably lead to their right...
Nov 11, 2023 | Blog, Child abduction, Home-blog, UK - England and Wales
What is the law with parental child abduction in the UK? By Kim Lehal, RWK Goodman, London If a parent removes a child without the the other parent’s consent then this could constitute child abduction. There are several different types of parental...
Oct 17, 2023 | Blog, Child abduction, Home-blog, UK - England and Wales case law
Return to Russia? Sacha Lee, working with Carolina Marin Pedreño, acted for the mother in her successful application for a return order pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention after two of the the parties’ children were wrongfully retained in this jurisdiction by the...
Sep 10, 2023 | Blog, Canada, Canada - case law, Child abduction, Child relocation, Home-blog
60 days notice before relocating Valenzuela-Sone v. Barnachea, 2023 ABKB 495, held that the Court has jurisdiction, where appropriate, to grant an interim return-child order where habitually-resident-in-Alberta children have been relocated out of Canada in breach of...
Sep 5, 2023 | Blog, Child abduction, Home-blog, UK - England and Wales case law
Does a fixed calendar date for a return need to be fixed in abduction cases? This case concerned an application made by a father for the return of the parties’ three children to Canada pursuant to the provisions of the 1980 Hague Convention. The father’s application...
Aug 23, 2023 | Child abduction, U.S.
Judges are permitted to interview children in their parents’ Hague Abduction Convention cases in the United States. In fact, this is a common way to elicit a child’s views (and to assess their maturity) in recent years. But, should judges be conducting these...
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