5A_479/2007 /frs, Bundesgericht, II. Zivilabteilung (Tribunal F?d?ral, 2?me Chambre Civile)

L’enfant en cause ?tait n?e en Floride en mars 2005. Ses parents avaient v?cu ensemble de mai 2005 jusqu’? ce qu’ils d?cident de se s?parer le 1er f?vrier 2006. Le p?re continua malgr? tout de voir sa fille jusqu’au 3 mars 2006. La m?re partit alors avec l’enfant d’abord dans le Tennessee puis dans l’Arizona […]
Jackson v. Graczyk, 2007 ONCA 338; [2007] O.J. No. 2035
De Silva v. Pitts, 481 F.3d 1279, (10th Cir. 2007)

The application related to a boy born in the United States in February 1993 to a Sri Lankan mother and American father. The parents were not married and in February 1994, when the mother’s visa expired, she was ordered to leave the country. She did not. In May 1994 the father obtained an order from […]
Re A. (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [2007] 2 FLR 129

Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The core issue for the Court was whether the child had acquired a habitual residence in Washington State during the 8 days he spent there between arriving and the parents’ deciding to end their marriage. To this end the Court cited the definition of Lord Brandon in the House of […]
Espiritu v. Bielza, [2007] O.J. No. 1587; 2007 ONCJ 175; 39 R.F.L. (6th) 218; 2007 CarswellOnt 2546

The parents of the child, a boy, were married in 1998 in the Philippines. After the marriage the father remained in the Philippines, where he was a life-long resident, and the mother moved to Texas, USA. At the time of her move the mother was one month pregnant. The child was born in 1999. The […]
Cass Civ 1?re 12 d?cembre 2006 (N? de pourvoi : 06-13177)

L’enfant en cause ?tait n?e en 1996. Elle vivait aux Etats-Unis. En d?cembre 2003, la m?re emmena l’enfant en France. Le 5 mai 2004, un formulaire de demande d’assistance au titre de la Convention de La Haye fut rempli par le p?re. Le 23 mai 2004, l’Autorit? centrale fran?aise accusa r?ception de ce formulaire. Courant […]
CA Paris, 19 octobre 2006, No de RG 06/12398

Settlement of the Child – Art. 12(2) – Procedural Matters It should be noted that the Appeal Court allocated the responsibility for costs of the proceedings to the French Central Authority.
Re F. (Hague Convention: Child’s Objections) [2006] FamCA 685, (2006) FLC 93-277; 36 Fam LR 183

Objections of the Child to a Return – Art. 13(2) The Court noted that there had been discussion in Australian jurisprudence as to whether the objection of the child had to be specifically focussed on the State of habitual residence, but declined to participate in the debate. The Court held that the evidence was now […]
Bundesverfassungsgericht, 1 BvR 1796/06, 11 October 2006

Droits de l’homme – art. 20 –
CA Orl?ans, 27 juin 2006, No de RG 06/01084

La demande concernait trois enfants n?s ? New York en 1990, 1993 et 1994. A la suite du divorce des parents en 2003, la garde fut attribu?e ? la m?re dont la r?sidence habituelle ?tait d?sormais en Californie. Les enfants passaient r?guli?rement leurs vacances d’?t? chez leurs grands-parents paternels en France. A la fin de […]