Supreme Court, Civil Chamber II, E. 2006/17797 K. 2006/14657

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned two children born in October 2003 and September 1999, respectively. On 24 November 2004, the mother took the children from Australia to Turkey. On 11 November 2005, the father applied for the return of the children through the Australian Central Authority. The father’s application was denied at first instance and he issued […]

H.J. v. Secretary for Justice [2006] NZFLR 1005

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The application concerned two children born on 2 May 1999 and 29 May 2000. The mother was a New Zealand citizen; the father, an Australian, was her stepson. Their relationship was intermittent and was characterized by the father’s violence against the mother. The mother removed the two children from Australia to New Zealand in February […]

L.J.G. v. R.T.P. [2006] NZFLR 589

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The application concerned two children born in Australia on 22 January 1994 and 5 February 1995 to an Australian mother and a New Zealand father. The parents’ relationship began in Australia in 1992 and was characterised by periods of estrangement when the father returned to New Zealand. From November 1996 the family lived together in […]

State Central Authority v. CR [2005] Fam CA 1050

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

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, […]