CA Limoges, 12 mars 2003, No 17

Procedural Matters –
CA Aix en Provence, 8 octobre 2002, No de RG 02/14917

The children, 5 girls, were aged 13, 10, 8, 7 and 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. At the time of the removal, the family had been living in Israel for 3 years. On 29 January 2002, in the initial stages of divorce proceedings, the Rabbinical Court of Ashkelon recognised an agreement […]
Cass Civ 1?re 19 mars 2002, N? de pourvoi 00-17.692

The child was aged 6 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. Until the time of the removal he had been living in Israel. His parents were divorced. On 22 July 1998 the family judge at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Bordeaux made an order that the child should continue to live […]
CA Paris, 7 f?vrier 2002, No de RG 2001/21768

R?sidence habituelle – art. 3 Le p?re pr?tendait entre autres que l’enfant avait sa r?sidence habituelle en France. La Cour observa que l’enfant r?sidait ? Pampelune avec sa m?re depuis juillet 2000 et qu’il y ?tait scolaris? jusqu’au 26 octobre 2001 et nota que le p?re contestait avoir donn? son accord pour cette installation en […]
Dalmasso v. Dalmasso, 9 P.3d 551 (Kan.2000)

The case related to three boys aged 6 _, 5 and 4, respectively, at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. In the three years prior to the removal they had lived in France, but prior to that they had also resided in Canada and the United States. The parents were married and had joint […]
TGI Nice, 29 juin 2000, No 421/00

Risque grave – art. 13(1)(b) – Int?gration de l’enfant – art. 12(2) – Droits de l’homme – art. 20 – Questions proc?durales Le juge ordonna l’ex?cution provisoire de la d?cision et fit interdiction ? la m?re de sortir du territoire avec l’enfant si ce n’est dans le cadre de l’ex?cution de son retour imm?diat au […]
CA Grenoble, 29 mars 2000, No de RG 00/00797

Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) There was no immediate grave risk that the return of the child would expose her to a physical or psychological danger or place her in an intolerable situation. In this the court noted that the child had had her principal residence with her father in the United States since September […]
CA Lyon, 15 mars 2000, No de RG 53/2000

Les quatre enfants en cause, dont le plus jeune ?tait ?g? d’un an au moment du d?placement, avaient ?t? unilat?ralement emmen?s des Etats-Unis en France par la m?re. Le 8 f?vrier 2000, le tribunal de grande instance de Lyon avait ordonn? le retour imm?diat des enfants aux Etats-Unis o? ils devaient ?tre remis ? leur […]
TGI Montpellier, 1 f?vrier 2000, No 00310/00

L’enfant, une fille, ?tait ?g?e de 19 mois ? la date du d?placement dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Elle avait jusqu’alors toujours v?cu en Grande-Bretagne avec ses parents. A la suite d’une m?sentente entre les ?poux, le p?re obtint du tribunal de Stockport une ordonnance interdisant ? la m?re de sortir l’enfant du territoire […]
Ignaccolo-Zenide v. Romania, no. 31679/96, (2001) 31 E.H.R.R. 7

The case related to two girls, born in 1981 and 1984, to a French mother and Romanian father. On 20 December 1989 the parents divorced in France. The Tribunal de Grande Instance at Bar-le-Duc recognised a consent order entered into by the parents whereby the father was accorded parental responsibility and the mother was awarded […]