Kufner v. Kufner, 519 F.3d 33 (1st Cir. 2008)
Removal and Retention – Arts 3 and 12 The mother argued that the removal was not wrongful as she had brought the younger son to the US for medical treatment. The Court held that this was irrelevant for purposes of the wrongful removal determination because the analysis turned on whether the removal was consistent with […]
Bundesverfassungsgericht, 1 BvR 1796/06, 11 October 2006
Droits de l’homme – art. 20 –
Karadžic v. Croatia, Application No. 35030/04, (2005) 44 EHRR 896
Issues Relating to Return Enforcement The mother complained that the inefficiency of the Croatian authorities and, in particular, the prolonged failure to enforce the Porec Municipal Court’s decision of 12 May 2003 to reunite her with her son violated her right to respect for family life as provided in Article 8 of the Convention. The […]
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 […]
CA Rouen, 20 janvier 2005, No de RG 04/03822
The application concerned a little girl born in 1996 in Germany to married parents. In December 2003, a German court granted a divorce to the parents on the basis that the parental rights would be jointly shared by both parents, the child would live with her mother, and the father had visiting rights. On June […]
11 UF 121/03, Oberlandesgericht Hamm
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 Actual Exercise Under English law, the law of the children’s State of habitual residence, the father held rights of custody, including the right to determine the children’s place of residence. The Court found that the father continued to exercise this right after his separation from the mother. It ruled […]
Re R. (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [2003] EWHC 1968
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The issue before the Court was where was the child habitually resident in March 2003. If there was to be a wrongful retention that child had to be habitually resident in Germany. There was significant dispute between the parents as to the nature of their stay in Germany. It was […]
Paradis v. Germany, Requ?te n?4783/03
Les trois enfants en cause ?taient n?s au Canada d’une m?re allemande et d’un p?re canadien. Apr?s trois ans de vie maritale, la m?re emmena ses trois enfants et leur demi-sœur issue d’un premier lit, dans un refuge pour femmes en difficult?. Le m?me mois, en f?vrier 1997, le p?re obtint la garde provisoire de […]
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe, 2 UF 115/02, 15 November 2002
L’enfant, un gar?on, ?tait n? en octobre 1998. Il ?tait ?g? de 3 ans 1/4 ? la date du non-retour dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Le p?re mexicain et la m?re allemande avaient v?cu au Mexique jusque dans les derniers mois de la grossesse, mais l’enfant ?tait n? en Allemagne. La paternit? de l’enfant […]
Re S. (A Child: Abduction) [2002] EWCA Civ 1941, [2003] 1 FLR 1008
The child, a boy, was 7 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. He was born in Germany and had German nationality. The mother was German and the father was Welsh. They had married in September 1996 and were divorced in August 1998. On 15 February 1999 the mother was awarded residence and the […]