In re Ponath, 829 F. Supp. 363 (D. Utah 1993)
The child, a boy, was 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married. The child lived in the United States until November 1991. He then moved with his parents to Germany. From February 1992 the mother wanted to return to the United States but the father would not let her. […]
Levesque v. Levesque, 816 F. Supp. 662 (D. Kan. 1993)
The child, a girl, was 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married. The child lived in Germany until May 1991. She then moved with her parents to the United States. In April 1992 the mother took the child to Germany, only to return five weeks later. On 21 June […]
Friedrich v. Friedrich, 983 F.2d 1396, 125 ALR Fed. 703 (6th Cir. 1993)
The child, a boy, was 1 2/3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had spent all of his life in Germany. The parents had very recently separated. On 2 August 1991 the mother took the boy to the United States, her State of origin. On 23 September 1991 the father’s return application […]
Re B.-M. (Wardship: Jurisdiction) [1993] 1 FLR 979
The child, a boy, was 10 months at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were not married and the father had no legal custody rights in respect of the boy. On 3 September 1992 the mother took the child to Germany, her State of origin. In August 1992 the father had begun […]
Zimmerman v. Zimmerman (1992), 42 R.F.L. (3d) 264 (B.C.S.C.)
The two children, boys (J & G), were born in Canada in 1989 and 1991 to German parents who had been landed immigrants in Canada since 1987. In November 1991 the parents separated and the mother took G to Germany. When the mother returned to Canada in April 1992 the parties arrived at a written […]
Re B. (Minors) (Abduction) (No. 1) [1993] 1 FLR 988
The children, two boys, were 3 2/3 and 2 1/4 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in England, Scotland and Germany. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 20 January 1992 the family moved to Germany. On 19 July 1992 the family travelled to England. The […]
Re R. (A Minor Abduction) [1992] 1 FLR 105
The child, a girl aged 14 1/2, was removed from Germany by her mother. This breached rights of custody vested in the child’s guardian, who also was her aunt. The aunt petitioned for the child’s return.
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