Supreme Court of Finland: 1998: No 3492 S98/917
The case related to two young boys who had lived in the United States but were removed to Finland by their mother. The father brought return proceedings and on 10 September 1997 the Supreme Court of Finland ordered the boys return. However, that order was not enforced and the mother brought substantive custody proceedings in […]
Toren v. Toren, 26 F. Supp. 2d 240 (D. Mass. 1998)
The children were 7 and 4 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both Israel and the United States. In December 1994 the parents divorced and were granted joint rights of custody. With parental agreement the Rabbinical District Court in Jerusalem ordered that the children would reside in Israel for […]
562 f 4374/98, Familiengericht M?nchen (Family Court of Munich) (Germany), 23 October 1998
The child, a boy, was 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. He had lived in both the United States and Germany. The parents were separated. On 27 April 1998 the Circuit Court for Baltimore County declared binding a parental agreement whereby the parents were to have joint legal custody of the child. […]
Blattner v. Dietschi, No. 98-2-14708-9 KNT (Wash. Super. Ct. July 29, 1998)
The child, a boy, was nearly 7 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Switzerland all of his life. The parents were divorced. A divorce agreement dated 27 October 1994 granted care and control to the mother with access to the father. The father was also accorded a right of […]
Mozes v. Mozes, 19 F. Supp. 2d 1108 (C.D. Cal. 1998)
The children, two girls and a boy, were approximately 8 1/2, 4 1/2 and 4 1/2 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both Israel and the United States. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In April 1997 the mother took the children to the […]
Dietschi v. Dietschi, No. 98-2-14797-1 KNT (Wash. Super. Ct. July 29, 1998)
The child, a boy, was 2 1/2 the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Switzerland all of his life. The parents were married after the birth of the child. On 8 April 1998 the mother took the child to the United States, her State of origin. The father applied for the […]
Flores v. Contreras, 981 S.W. 2d 246 (Tex. App. 1998)
The child, a boy, was two months old at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were not married. The infant had lived in Mexico for the first fifty days of his life. In November 1996 the mother took the child to Texas. In December the mother returned to Mexico alone. The reason […]
4Ob88/98i, Oberster Gerichtshof
L’enfant, une fille, ?tait ?g?e d’un an ? la date du d?placement dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. La famille vivait dans le Michigan. Le 30 octobre 1995, la m?re emmena unilat?ralement l’enfant en Autriche, sans le faire savoir au p?re. Le 3 novembre 1995, la m?re demanda la garde de l’enfant. Le 10 novembre […]
Restituci?n de Menores 534/1997 AA
Autorit? de surveillance des tutelles (child protection agency), decision of 10 March 1998, 115/98
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The court accepted the arguments presented by the mother that the father’s alcoholism and drug addiction constituted a grave risk of harm to the child, if returned.