A.M.R.I. v. K.E.R., 2011 ONCA 417
Acquiescence – Art. 13(1)(a) The Court noted that whilst delay was not generally sufficient to establish acquiescence, the exception still merited consideration. Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) In the main part of its ruling the Court held that the child’s refugee status gave rise to a rebuttable presumption that her return to Mexico would expose […]
Duarte v. Bardales, 526 F.3d 563 (9th Cir. 2008)
The proceedings related to two children born in October 1996 and June 1998. Two older siblings, not subject of the proceedings, were born in October 1990 and October 1991. The parents, who never married, entered the United States of America from Mexico in 1990. In 2000, they separated and the mother took the four children […]
Procedure for Return of Child, Case No. 1313/2007, instituted by A.C. B.I. against P.R.I.P
Aims of the Convention – Preamble, Arts 1 and 2 The purpose of the Convention is to guarantee the immediate return of wrongfully removed and retained children. Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The court understood that the opposition to the return and the mere allegation of the existence of an imminent physical or psychological danger […]
Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Garcia, 2007 FCA 75, [2008] 1 F.C.R. 322
The proceedings related to a mother and two sons who came to Canada from Mexico and claimed refugee status under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). In June 2004 the Quebec Court of Appeal issued a non-return order in a Hague Convention application for return of one of the boys, on the basis that […]
CA Rouen, 9 mars 2006, No de RG 05/04340
L’affaire concernait un petit gar?on n? au Mexique en 2004. Ses parents ?taient mari?s et vivaient au Mexique. Le 7 juin 2005, la m?re alla en France avec l’enfant. Un mois plus tard, elle demanda le divorce. Le p?re demanda le retour de lenfant. Le 15 novembre 2005, le tribunal de grande instance de Rouen […]
M.B.G.A. c. R.V.M., Cour d’appel du Qu?bec, 8 juin 2004, N? 500-09-014099-048 (500-04-034363-037)
L’affaire concernait un enfant n? en 1998. Ses parents ?taient mexicains. L’enfant avait ?galement un demi-fr?re issu du premier mariage de leur m?re. La famille vivait au Mexique. En juillet 1999, ? la suite d’un incident de violence physique, la m?re quitta le domicile conjugal. Les relations parentales ?taient difficiles, le p?re souhaitant selon la […]
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 […]
March v. Levine, 249 F.3d 462 (6th Cir. 2001)
The children, a boy and a girl, were 10 and 6 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in both the United States and Mexico. The parents had been married, however the mother disappeared in 1996 and thereafter the father cared for the children alone. The maternal grandparents alleged that […]
Tribunal civil de l’arrondissement de la Sarine (Civil Court of the Sarine District), decision of 20 December 1999, TR 1999/419
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The father sought to argue that the mother was not actually exercising her right of custody, given that she worked during the day and did not spend much time with her daughter. The court found that this did not represent a lack of interest in the child and rejected […]
Flores v. Contreras, 981 S.W. 2d 246 (Tex. App. 1998)
The child, a boy, was two months old at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were not married. The infant had lived in Mexico for the first fifty days of his life. In November 1996 the mother took the child to Texas. In December the mother returned to Mexico alone. The reason […]
