De directie Preventie, optredend voor zichzelf en namens Y (the father) against X (the mother) (7 February 2001, ELRO nr.AA9851 Zaaknr:813-H-00)
The child, a boy, was 9 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Canada all his life. The parents separated in 1994. Subsequently, the mother was awarded custody and the father access. On 19 October 1999 the mother petitioned a Quebec court for a change in the access regime. […]
Droit de la famille 3713, No 500-09-010031-003
La demande concernait trois enfants de parents mari?s. La famille avait v?cu au Canada de 1990 ? 1999. La m?re, d’origine anglaise, avait rencontr? un autre homme en Angleterre lors d’un s?jour dans sa famille. Elle forma alors le projet de vivre en Angleterre avec toute sa famille. En septembre 1999, elle y alla pour […]
Droit de la Famille 3719, No 505-04-007771-009
La demande concernait trois enfants de parents mari?s. La famille avait v?cu au Canada de 1990 ? 1999. La m?re, d’origine anglaise, avait rencontr? un autre homme en Angleterre lors d’un s?jour dans sa famille. Elle forma alors le projet de vivre en Angleterre avec toute sa famille. En septembre 1999, elle y alla pour […]
H.D. et N.C. c. H.F.C., Cour d’appel du Qu?bec, 15 mai 2000, N? 500-09-009601-006 (500-04-021679-007)
L’enfant en cause ?tait n? en Italie en 1992. La famille, originaire d’Iran, y r?sidait l?galement depuis les ann?es 80. Le p?re ?tait souvent violent ? l’?gard de la m?re. L’enfant ayant contract? une grave maladie, la m?re l’emmena aux Etats-Unis avec un visa de touriste pour l’y faire suivre m?dicalement pendant un mois. Apr?s […]
Sonderup v. Tondelli 2001 (1) SA 1171 (CC)
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The mother sought to argue that the father did not possess any rights of custody. She relied on the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Croll v. Croll that a non-removal clause does not found a right of custody. The Constitutional Court noted […]
M Ma c. EL, Droit de la famille 3451, No 500-09-007790-991
L’affaire concernait un b?b? n? fin 1998 en Ontario. En raison de graves probl?mes de sant?, l’enfant avait v?cu ? l’h?pital jusqu’? No?l 1998 et continuait d’?tre sous supervision m?dicale. Les parents s’?taient s?par?s en ao?t 2008 mais continuaient ? vivre sous le m?me toit. La m?re avait toutefois exprim? ? plusieurs reprises le d?sir […]
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 […]
Donofrio v. Burrell, 2000 S.L.T. 1051
The application related to two girls, aged 10 and 8 1/2 at the date of the hearing. The parents divorced in Canada in 1991, a little over a year after the birth of the second child. The mother was awarded custody, the father access. In 1997 the mother took the 2 children, plus a child […]
CE 30/06/1999 M Guichard
The child who was aged approximately 1 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal was born in France to a Canadian mother. On 13 May 1992 the mother relocated to Montr?al (Canada) with the child. In letters dated 5 March and 21 April 1993 the father sought the assistance of the French Central […]
P. (N.) v. P. (A.), 1999 CanLII 20724 (QC CA) (Droit de la Famille – 3193) SOQUIJ AZ-99011344
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) A grave risk defence should be based upon serious and convincing evidence. In ordinary circumstances, a parent’s refusal to accompany a child back to the place of habitual residence from which the child had been unlawfully removed was not a valid or acceptable reason for not making an order. In […]