Re Slamen 1991 GWD 34-2041
The child, a girl, was 8 months old at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Canada all of her life. The parents were not married. On 10 June 1991 the mother took the child to Scotland. The Outer House of the Court of Session in Scotland found that the child […]
Re H.; Re S. (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1991] 2 AC 476
The children were 7 1/2 and 6 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Canada all of their lives. Pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of Ontario, dated 20 September 1985, the mother had been awarded custody of the children, the father access. In March 1986, following […]
Bickerton v. Bickerton, No. 91-06694 (Cal. Super. Ct. July 17, 1991)
The children, a girl and a boy, were aged 12 and 10 respectively at the date of the court proceedings. They had lived in Canada for the majority of their lives. On 4 July 1986 the parents entered into a separation agreement which provided for joint custody with the children residing with each parent in […]
David S. v. Zamira S., 151 Misc. 2d 630, 574 N.Y.S.2d 429 (Fam. Ct. 1991)
The children, a boy and a girl, were aged 1 2/3 and 2 weeks at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Canada all of their lives. The parents were separated. On 5 October 1989 the Supreme Court of Ontario issued an order preventing the mother from removing the children from […]
The Matter of the Children’s Law Reform Act: Between S. Del Carmen Miranda de Martinez v. G. Martinez-Jarquin (18 July 1990), transcript, Ontario Court; Provincial Division
The children, a boy and a girl, were 10 1/2 and 3 1/3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in El Salvador all of their lives. The parents were separated. The mother had custody and the father visiting rights. On 7 April 1989 the father took the children to the […]
Re H. (A Minor) (Abduction) [1990] 2 FLR 439
The child, a girl, was 16 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in both Canada and England. The parents were not married. On 19 September 1989 the Supreme Court of Ontario granted interim custody to the mother, interim access to the father and ordered that the child not be […]
Kilgour v. Kilgour 1987 SC 55
The children were aged 2 _ and 5 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal / retention. They had spent their entire lives in Canada. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 24 January 1986 the mother took the children to Scotland, her jurisdiction of origin.
MacMillan v. MacMillan 1989 SLT 350
The child, a girl, was 2 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Canada all of her life. The parents were separated and had joint rights of custody. On 1 February 1988 the mother went to Scotland, her State of origin, with the child. On 1 April 1988 the […]
‘I’m taking the kids’: There are 250 international parental abductions involving Canadians
When Kristen Allen’s former partner and her six-year-old daughter failed to arrive at the airport in Toronto one fateful evening in August 2018, her heart sank. Deep down, she knew her ex-boyfriend, John Varga Cuevas, had taken their daughter, Tatianna, and he wouldn’t be back. “I knew that he would take her,” she told CTVNews.ca […]
Efforts ramp up to find girl allegedly abducted by Grandparents in Calgary and taken overseas
Calgary police confirm a Canada-wide arrest warrant related to child abduction has been issued for the grandparents of a seven-year-old girl as her father desperately tries to find her. Justin Coutts told Global News he last saw his daughter on July 2, before she headed off on holidays with her maternal grandparents. They were supposed […]