Wanninger v. Wanninger, 850 F. Supp. 78 (D. Mass. 1994)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, two girls and a boy, were aged 6, 4 and 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived all their lives in Germany. The parents were married. On 25 November 1993 the mother took the children to the United States for a six week holiday. On 12 January 1994 […]

Seroka v. Bellah 1995 SLT 204

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was aged 6 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had spent all of his life in the United States. The parents were divorced; the mother had custody of the child and the father access, albeit with certain additional rights. In July 1993 the mother took the boy to […]

Re O. (Child Abduction: Undertakings) (No.1) [1994] 2 FLR 349

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, a girl and a boy, were aged 6 and 4 2/3 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Greece all of their lives. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 18 November 1993 the mother took the children to England, her State of […]

Re M. (A Minor) (Abduction: Child’s Objections) [1994] 2 FLR 126

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was 13 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had spent the majority of his life in Ireland. Since 1987 he had lived entirely with his mother and did not see his father between 1987 and late 1992. The boy had an extremely disruptive childhood. He had been the […]

Urness v. Minto 1994 SC 249

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, both boys, were 11 1/2 and 8 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had moved between Scotland and the United States. The parents were divorced. On 2 January 1993 the mother took the children to Scotland without the permission of the father. On 17 August 1995 the Outer House […]

7Ob596/93, Oberster Gerichtshof

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The parents of the two children concerned were married in Austria in 1983. In October 1988 the family settled in the United States of America. In December 1989 the mother left the family home. The children remained with their father until the mother decided to take care of them during the second half of 1990. […]