May 8, 2023 | Blog, Child abduction, Home-blog, Martine Wernsen
What is the habitual residence of a child? In an international child abduction procedure, a parent must deliver proof of the habitual residence of the child. European Court of Justice According to the European Court of Justice, a child’s place of habitual residence is...
Feb 4, 2023 | Martine Wernsen, The Netherlands
De bijzondere curator speelt in de teruggeleidingsprocedure voor de rechtbank in Nederland een grote rol. De rechtbank benoemt in teruggeleidingsprocedures een bijzondere curator (artikel 1:250 BW) voor iedere minderjarige van 3 jaar of ouder. Als er hoger beroep...
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...
Jun 10, 2022 | Child relocation, Martine Wernsen, The Netherlands case law
How not to involve the children Arnhem Court of Appeal, The Netherlands May 24, 2022, ECLI:NL:GHARL:2022:4136 Mother moved anyway After the divorce, the father and mother both lived in the same residence. The court had rejected the mother’s request to...
Jun 2, 2022 | Child abduction, Martine Wernsen, The Netherlands case law
Permission to move not required Court of Midden-Nederland, The Netherlands 9 June 2021, ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2021:2432 A parent does not need (replacement) permission to move, if the child does not move with him. The parents have joint custody of the child. The child is...
May 31, 2022 | Child abduction, Child relocation, Martine Wernsen, The Netherlands case law
Mother had sole custody, but must return the child Supreme Court, Netherlands October 15, 2021, ECLI:NL:HR:2021:1513 The mother with custody moved with the child to an unknown destination before the parties became joint custodians. Nevertheless, the court may decide...
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