Mozes v. Mozes, 19 F. Supp. 2d 1108 (C.D. Cal. 1998)
The children, two girls and a boy, were approximately 8 1/2, 4 1/2 and 4 1/2 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both Israel and the United States. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In April 1997 the mother took the children to the […]
Re S., Auto de 21 abril de 1997, Audiencia Provincial Barcelona, Secci?n 1a
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 Under Israeli law the parents had joint rights of custody and therefore the joint right to decide the child’s place of residence. Neither parent could take the child out of the country without the consent of the other. The court noted that even in a case where the mother […]
Civil Appeal 4391/96 Ro v. Ro
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The Supreme Court held that the exception in Article 13(1)(b) did not apply in the present case for the following reasons:- (1) If the child returned with her mother there would be no grave risk of harm to the child. The Court persuaded the mother to accompany the child back […]
H. v. H. (Abduction: Acquiescence) [1996] 2 FLR 570
The children were aged 3, almost 2 and 9 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The two older children had lived in both England and Israel. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 9 November 1995 the mother took the children to England. Following the removal the father […]
G. v. G., 14 August 1995, C.A. 5532/93, The Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as a Court of Civil Appeals
The child, a boy, was 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United States all of his life. The parents were divorced, both in accordance with the Jewish religion and with the laws of the State of New York. According to the decision of the Rabbinical Court in […]
B. v. B., 4 September 1994, C.A. 870/94 (Extract from the Jerusalem Post, 26 September 1994) The Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as a Court of Civil Appeals
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s finding that after May 1991 the custodial rights in respect of the child were actually exercised by the mother and not the father. Consequently the mother’s failure to return the child to the United States was not in breach of any rights […]
Re M. (Abduction: Undertakings) [1995] 1 FLR 1021
The children, a boy and a girl, were 2 1/3 years and 3 months old respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Israel since their births. The parents were separated and the mother had interim custody. On 23 February 1994 the mother took the children to England, her State […]
E. v. E., 20 January 1994, C.A. 6056/93, Bagatz 6860/93, The Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as a Court of Civil Appeals and as the High Court of Justice
The children, two boys and two girls, were aged 3, 5, 9 and 10 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in the United States since 1988. The parents were married, and had joint custody under NY law. On 19 August 1992, the mother removed the children to Israel. She moved […]
Cohen v. Cohen, 158 Misc. 2d 1018, 602 N.Y.S.2d 994 (Sup. Ct. 1993)
The children, a girl and a boy, were 4 and 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married. The children lived in the United States until December 1992. On 6 December the father took the children to Israel. The purpose of this visit was the subject of dispute. On 28 […]
L. v. L., 21 June 1993, (Extract from the Jerusalem Post, 16 August 1993) The Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as a Court of Civil Appeals
The child, a boy, was nearly 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United States all of his life. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 24 October 1991 the mother unilaterally took the child to Israel, her State of origin. The father also […]
