CA Paris, 7 octobre 1999, No de RG 1999-18635

R?le des Autorit?s centrales – art. 6 – 10 –
TGI Guingamp, 2 septembre 1999, No de RG 99/00777

L’enfant, un gar?on, ?tait ?g? de 13 ans ? la date du non-retour dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Les parents avaient divorc?; l’enfant r?sidait chez son p?re en Angleterre, la m?re ayant un droit de visite. A l’issue d’une p?riode de visite et d’h?bergement en France chez sa m?re, l’enfant ne rentra pas en […]
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 […]
Cass Civ 1?re 13 mai 1999, N? de pourvoi 97-13.000

Two children were born of the marriage of the spouses S and R. The family lived in the United States. The mother unilaterally removed the children to France. This removal was in breach of American court orders made at the time of the parents’ divorce which gave parental authority to both the mother and father […]
Bundesverfassungsgericht, 2 BvR 1206/98, 29 October 1998

The children, a boy and a girl, were 6 2/3 and 3 respectively at the date of the first alleged wrongful removal. They had until then lived in Germany all of their lives. The parents were separated and had joint rights of custody. On 17 February 1997 in a custody hearing in Germany the mother […]
2 BvR 1206/98, Bundesverfassungsgericht, 17 August 1998

Procedural Matters The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the constitutional complaint filed by the father was admissible; this justified the issuance of the provisional measure preventing the enforcement of the return decision taken by the Higher Regional Court. The non-enforceability of the decision provided legal certainty until the Federal Constitutional Court had ruled on the […]
2 BvR 1206/98, Bundesverfassungsgericht, 16 July 1998

7Ob72/98h, Oberster Gerichtshof

The three children, two girls and one boy, were 2, 4 and 5 years old, at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married and the family lived in France. In the summer of 1997 the family travelled to Austria for a holiday. The father was arrested during the holiday following accusations […]
CA Amiens, 4 mars 1998, No de RG 5704759

Droit de garde – art. 3 Ayant constat? que l’enfant avait sa r?sidence habituelle au Qu?bec au moment du d?placement, la cour d’appel consulta les articles 598-600 du Code civil du Qu?bec afin de d?terminer si le p?re avait la garde de l’enfant et conclut qu’en vertu de ces articles, les parents avaient conjointement la […]
CA Versailles, 11 septembre 1997, No de RG 1997-2604

L’a?n?e des enfants en cause ?tait n?e aux Etats-Unis d’Am?rique. Alors que les parents ?taient en instance de divorce, la m?re l’emmena unilat?ralement en France. La demande de retour du p?re fut rejet?e mais les parents se r?concili?rent et la m?re retourna vivre aux Etats-Unis d’Am?rique avec l’enfant aupr?s du p?re. Deux ans plus tard, […]