Bajrami v. Albania (Application no. 35853/04)
The application related to a child born in January 1997 to a Kosovan father and an Albanian mother. The spouses separated in 1998 and the mother took the child to the maternal grandparents’ home in Albania. On 6 May 1999, using forged documents, the mother remarried, although not divorced from the father. On 15 September […]
H.Z. v. State Central Authority [2006] FamCA 466, (2006) FLC 93-264; (2006) 35 Fam LR 489
The application related to three children who were born and raised in Greece and aged 7, 4 and 2 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The Greek father and Australian / Greek mother were married. In June 2005 the mother took the children to Australia for a 10 week vacation. At the […]
Tsarbopoulos v. Tsarbopoulos, 176 F. Supp.2d 1045 (E.D. Wash. 2001)
The three children, two boys and a girl, were aged 7, 4, and 2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. The family had lived in the United States until late September 1997. The family then moved to Greece where the father, a Greek […]
The Commonwealth Central Authority and P, 23 December 1999, Family Court of Australia at Darwin [1999] FamCA 1902
The parties lived in the village of Nigrita, Greece. The child was an Australian citizen, the mother was a Greek-born Australian citizen, and the father was a citizen of Greece. In December 1998 the mother, the child and the mother’s parents left Greece and came to Darwin, Australia. In Greece, the mother had tried to […]
Decision of 4 September 1998 [1998] R.D.F. 701
The children, both boys, were 12 and 4 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Canada and Greece. The parents were separated. A consent order was made in 1996 awarding custody to the mother. Sometime thereafter the father moved to Greece. In 1997 the father sought to attempt a reconciliation […]
Panazatou v. Pantazatos, No. FA 960713571S (Conn. Super. Ct. Sept. 24, 1997)
The child, a girl, was 2 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in both Greece and the United States, although the majority of her life had been spent in the former State. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 11 September 1996 the mother took […]
Re A. (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [1998] 1 FLR 497
The child, a boy, was six months old at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United Kingdom for the majority of his life. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In July 1995, as agreed between the parents, the mother went to England to prepare for […]
Director General of the Department of Community Services v. Apostolakis (1996) FLC 92-718, [1996] FamCA 57
The children, a boy and a pair of male and female twins, were 10 _ and 6 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married and both enjoyed rights of custody. The eldest child had lived in New Zealand and Greece, while the twins had lived only in the latter […]
Re M. (Abduction: Acquiescence) [1996] 1 FLR 315
The child, a boy, was 3 1/4 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He was born in Greece and lived there for the majority of his life. The parents were married, but separated in early December 1990. In the spring of 1991 the mother travelled to England, her State of origin, with the […]
Re O. (Child Abduction: Undertakings) (No.1) [1994] 2 FLR 349
The children, a girl and a boy, were aged 6 and 4 2/3 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Greece all of their lives. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 18 November 1993 the mother took the children to England, her State of […]
