De Silva v. Pitts, 481 F.3d 1279, (10th Cir. 2007)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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 […]

Cass Civ 1?re 12 d?cembre 2006 (N? de pourvoi : 06-13177)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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.

CA Orl?ans, 27 juin 2006, No de RG 06/01084

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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 […]