Bradbrooke v. Aleksandrowicz (C-498/14 PPU)
West v. Dobrev, 735 F.3d 921 (10th Cir. 2013)
The proceedings concerned two children born in the United States of America in January 2004 and January 2006 to married parents. The family relocated to France in June 2008. In May 2009, the mother petitioned for divorce in a local French court. An interim order of October 2009 provided that the children live in the […]
Cass Civ 1?re, 10 juillet 2013, No de RG 13-14562
The case concerned four children born between 2000 and 2005 to married parents. Pursuant to the parents’ divorce in 2007, the family members had remained resident in Belgium and the children under shared custody, spending one week with one parent and the next with the other, and the parents had joint parental authority. In September […]
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 […]
B. c. Belgique (Requ?te No 4320/11)
The case concerned a child born in the United States of America in 2003. During her early pregnancy, the mother had been beaten by the father, who wanted her to have an abortion. The parents argued over the child’s custody for years. The child lived with her mother until 2007. In 2008, an alternating-custody agreement […]
CA Paris, 13 avril 2012, No de RG 12/0617
The case concerned two girls, born in 1998 and 2000, among four siblings. Their two elder brothers were of full age. The family lived in Belgium. In 2010, the parents divorced; parental authority was then exercised jointly but the daughters’ residence was set at their father’s home in Belgium. In June 2011, the father moved […]
Cour de cassation 30/10/2008, C.G. c. B.S., N? de r?le: C.06.0619.F
Les deux enfants, n?s en 1989 et 1990, avaient v?cu jusqu’en 1996 en Argentine. Depuis le divorce de leurs parents, ils vivaient avec la m?re mais la garde ?tait conjointe. En 1996, la m?re fut judiciairement autoris?e ? passer deux semaines aux ??tats-Unis avec les enfants. A l’issue de ce s?jour elle ne rentra pas […]
N? de r?le : 08/1819/A r?f, Tribunal de premi?re instance de Bruxelles 22 f?vrier 2008
Translation in progress – please refer to the French version.
Cass Civ 1?re, 13 juillet 2005, No de RG 05-10519
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The Cour de cassation affirmed that Article 13(1)(b) could not give rise to an exception to an immediate return unless there was a risk of grave harm or the existence of an intolerable situation. It further recognised that Article 3(1) of the UNCRC had direct application in French law and […]
Bundesverfassungsgericht, 1 BvR 1465/05, 22 July 2005
L’affaire concernait un enfant n? en 1994. Les parents, s?par?s, avaient la garde conjointe, la r?sidence de l’enfant ayant ?t? octroy?e ? la m?re. Le 4 septembre 2004 le p?re emmena l’enfant en Allemagne (son lieu de r?sidence) dans le cadre de l’exercice de son droit de visite. Il ne ramena pas l’enfant en Belgique […]
