CA Paris, 11 d?cembre 2012, No de RG 12/13919

The case concerned a child born in 2007 in Spain to married parents. The child had lived in Spain with its Moroccan mother and Italian father since birth and until 2010. In February 2010, the mother took the child to Morocco to introduce it to her family, then, in August 2010, she moved to France […]
NF v. MC (17845/2012)

The proceedings related to a child born in the United States of America on 10 May 2012 to an American father and South African mother. The parents had married in April 2011 and shared custody rights in respect of the child. On 28 June 2012, the mother took the child to South Africa for an […]
Supreme Court, Civil Chamber II, E. 2012/20591 K.2012/26899

Removal and Retention – Arts 3 and 12 The Supreme Court stated: “In order to decide on a return, as much as one does not need to see if there is a decision awarding custody or visitation rights in the Requesting State, if there is such an award, the abduction or retention does not need […]
Shabbir Ali Jusab v. Anaar Osman Gamrai and the Hon. Attorney General, Civil Application No Sup 1 of 2012

The proceedings concerned a child born in the United Kingdom in May 2005 to a British father and Kenyan mother. The couple had married in Nairobi in April 2005 and thereafter settled in the United Kingdom. On 30 November 2007, the mother travelled with the child to Kenya. The circumstances of the trip were in […]
Ponder v. Ponder, Tartu Ringkonnakohus, 13 November 2012, Civil Case No 2-12-18526

A Swedish husband and an Estonian wife lived together in Sweden. On 22 December 2011 the wife, then pregnant, went to Estonia and on 26 December 2011 (i.e. four days later) gave birth to the couple’s son. The mother never returned to Sweden with the baby. The father visited his wife twice in Estonia to […]
CA Paris, 13 novembre 2012, No de RG 12/16322

L’affaire concernait deux enfants n?s en 2003 et 2004. En 2006, la famille s’installa au Chili. Les parents se s?par?rent en 2009. Le 3 juin 2010, les enfants vinrent en France avec leur m?re qui demanda le divorce imm?diatement apr?s son arriv?e. Le 8 juin 2010, la Cour d’appel de Santiago confirma une d?cision de […]
A. J. P. F. s/ Restituci?n Internacional

The child was born on 7 April 2007 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain to married parents. In mid-February 2009, the father authorised the child to leave Spain (where the family lived) and travel for a month with the mother to Paraguay to meet her family. The mother and the child travelled to Paraguay […]
Lozano v. Alvarez, 697 F.3d 41 (2nd Cir. 2012)

The proceedings concerned a child born in October 2005 to Colombian parents who had met and lived together in London. The parents never married. At trial, the District Court found that the father had mistreated the mother in some way and that the child had been exposed to, and negatively affected by, the problems in […]
Supreme Court of Greece (?????? ?????), decision 1482, 12 October 2012

El procedimiento involucr? a tres menores de 11, 6 y 3 a?os de edad en el momento en que se llev? a cabo la audiencia ante el Tribunal de Apelaciones de Atenas (decisi?n N? 7016/2008 [no publicada]). Los menores hab?an vivido con sus padres en Houston, Estados Unidos de Am?rica. En junio de 2005, la […]
CA Paris, 6 novembre 2012, No de RG 11/18814

L’affaire concernait une enfant n?e en avril 2002 dont la m?re vivait en Allemagne et le p?re en France. L’enfant vivait habituellement en Allemagne. ?? une date ind?termin?e, l’enfant vint vivre en France avec son p?re. En 2011, la m?re demanda le retour de l’enfant en Allemagne. Le juge de premi?re instance, qui auditionna l’enfant, […]