Karkkainen v. Kovalchuk, 445 F.3d 280 (3rd Cir. 2006)
The application related to a girl born in Russia in April 1992. She lived in Russia with her parents until 1997 when the parents divorced. She then moved to Finland with her mother. Both parents remarried and the girl saw her father periodically visiting him in Europe or in the United States. The girl frequently […]
D.W. & Director-General, Department of Child Safety [2006] FamCA 93, (2006) FLC 93-255; (2006) 34 Fam LR 656
The application related to a child born in May 2004 in Australia to an Australian mother and American father. The parents were not married. On 13 July 2004 the mother travelled with the child to the United States on a one-way ticket and moved into the home of the father. On 2 October mother and […]
Cantor v. Cohen, 442 F.3d 196 (4th Cir. 2006)
The application related to three of the four children born to a couple, who, whilst married, had resided in Israel. The parents divorced in July 1998, the decree being pronounced by a Rabbinical Court. The latter provided that the father would have custody of the two older children, the mother custody of the two younger […]
R. v. R. [2006] IESC 7
The children were aged 4 1/2 and 2 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived all of their lives in the United States with their parents. In January 2005 they travelled to Ireland with their mother. The nature of this trip was the subject of dispute between the parents: it was […]
State Central Authority v. CR [2005] Fam CA 1050
The application related to a young child, a boy, who was born in Australia in October 2003. The Australian mother and American father met via the Internet early in 2002. The mother flew to America to meet the father in June 2002, returning to Australia in July 2002. She returned to America in September 2002 […]
Baxter v. Baxter, 423 F.3d 363 (3rd Cir. 2005)
The child, a boy, was 4 years old at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. Before travelling to the United States with his mother in September 2003 he had lived with his married parents in various remote parts of Australia and in Ireland. The last family home in Australia had been on Bathurst Island, […]
Cass Civ 1?re, 14 juin 2005, No de RG 04-16942
The child, a girl, was aged 2 _ at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married and lived in the United States. In March 2003 the mother took the child to France for a vacation. On 31 March 2003 the mother informed the father that she did not intend to return. […]
MQ v. Director-General, Department of Community Services (NSW) (2005) 34 Fam LR 8, [2005] FamCA 843, (2006) FLC 93-255, (2006) 34 Fam LR 656
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The Full Court held that issues concerning the relationship between the half sisters and the effect a return order might have been considered in the context of the Australian regulation giving effect to Article 13(1)(b). Rights of Access – Art. 21 The step-sister argued that her application for contact should […]
Wiezel v. Wiezel-Tyrnauer, 388 F. Supp. 2d 206 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
The application related to four children who were living in Israel before being allegedly wrongfully retained by their mother in the United States after having travelled there in June 2001. The parents were divorced and had entered into an informal agreement whereby the mother would have custody, the father access. In the aftermath of the […]
A.J. v. F.J. [2005] CSIH 36, 2005 1 S.C. 428
The application related to two boys aged 14 and 12 at the date of the appeal hearing. Upon the divorce of the parents an order was made by the Court of Session in March 2003 requiring the boys to live with their father and affording the mother contact. The mother did not manage to have […]