Decision of the Supreme Court, 1 December 1999, I CKN 992/99
The proceedings related to a child born in September 1993 in Cyprus, to a Cypriot father and a Polish mother. The parents were married and each had rights of custody in respect of the child. The family lived together in Cyprus until 20 July 1998, when the mother unilaterally removed the child to Poland. She […]
Secretary Attorney-General’s Department v. S.[1999] FamCA 1528
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The court ruled that the terms of the agreement of 4 June 1996 and of the proposed consent orders did not indicate an intention that the children’s place of habitual residence be changed. Rather the proposed orders prima facie were drawn on the basis that the residence of the children […]
Case No 5P.262/1999, 11/11/1999, Tribunal f?d?ral suisse
The children, a girl and a boy, were 6 and 2 years old respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in Israel all their lives. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In the summer of 1998, the mother left Israel with the two children for a […]
Villalta v. Massie, No. 4:99cv312-RH (N.D. Fla. Oct. 27, 1999)
The child, a boy, was 3 1/2 at the date of the first alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United States all of his life. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 6 November 1993 the mother took the child to Chile, her State of origin. On 10 August […]
CA Paris, 7 octobre 1999, No de RG 1999-18635
R?le des Autorit?s centrales – art. 6 – 10 –
Case No. C 99 4313, 11/10/1999, Arrondissement judiciaire I Courtelary-Moutier-La Neuveville
The children, three girls, were 10 _, 4 _ and 3 _ years old respectively at the date of the alleged violation of the father’s access rights. On 20 November 1997 the parents had been granted a divorce by an American court. The Swiss/American mother was granted custody, the American father access. In 1998 the […]
TGI Guingamp, 2 septembre 1999, No de RG 99/00777
L’enfant, un gar?on, ?tait ?g? de 13 ans ? la date du non-retour dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Les parents avaient divorc?; l’enfant r?sidait chez son p?re en Angleterre, la m?re ayant un droit de visite. A l’issue d’une p?riode de visite et d’h?bergement en France chez sa m?re, l’enfant ne rentra pas en […]
B. v. UK [2000] 1 FLR 1
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The father complained that under Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8 of the European Convention that, because he was not married to the mother of his child, he was not able to obtain an ex parte declaration that his child had been unlawfully removed from England and […]
The Chief Executive of the Department for Courts for R. v. P., 20 September 1999, Court of Appeal of New Zeeland
The children, a boy and a girl, were 6 1/2 and 3 1/2 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Australia all of their lives. The parents were separated and the children lived with the mother. In December 1996 the parents agreed that the children would reside with the […]
Finizio v. Scoppio-Finizio (1999), 46 O.R. (3d) 226 (C.A.)
The father, an Italian national, and the mother, a Canadian immigrant who was born in Italy, married in 1990 and resided in Italy during their marriage. They had two children, girls aged 2 and 7. The father and mother separated in 1998. In December 1998, the mother brought the children to Canada. The father brought […]