X v Y

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The mother and father met in 2016 in Spain. At that time the father was renting an apartment in Spain and had de-registered from the Municipal Personal Records Database in the Netherlands in 2014. The father lead an international (business) life. For a while, the mother took care of the father’s two daughters from his […]

X. (the mother) against Y. (the father)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The mother claimed that during her relationship with the father she was regularly exposed to domestic violence in presence of the child. If the child were to return to Australia this would place her in an intolerable situation as referred to in Article 13(1)(b) of the Convention. The father explicitly […]

Tribunal d’arrondissement de Luxembourg, 10 mars 2014, R?f?r? No 165/2014

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

L’affaire concernait un enfant n? en 2003 au Portugal, de parents mari?s. Les parents d?m?nag?rent aux Pays-Bas en d?cembre 2006. En juillet 2007, la m?re retourna vivre au Portugal avec l’enfant. Elle y demanda le divorce. Le 15 novembre 2007, le divorce par consentement mutuel des parents fut prononc? au Portugal. La garde de l’enfant […]

E.S. s/ Reintegro de hijo

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child was born in 2006 in Amsterdam. His parents had celebrated a Registered Union in 2005 in the Amsterdam Civil Registry, which was dissolved by Court order on 4 April 2007. At the request of the father, a provisional and supervised visitation order was settled by Dutch authorities; the father’s contact was extended by […]

Tribunal d’arrondissement de et ? Luxembourg, 19 d?cembre 2012, R?f?r? No 882/2012

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

L’affaire concernait trois enfants vivant au Pays-Bas dont les parents, mari?s en 2001, avaient converti leur mariage en partenariat enregistr? en 2004. En 2009, ce partenariat enregistr? fut dissout par le Tribunal de Breda (Pays-Bas). La r?sidence des enfants fut fix?e chez la m?re mais les deux parents conservaient la garde conjointe sur les trois […]

Cass Civ 1?re 17 D?cembre 2008, N? de pourvoi 07-15393

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

R?sidence habituelle – art. 3 La m?re indiquait que la Cour d’appel n’avait pas caract?ris? que la r?sidence habituelle de l’enfant, qui avait souvent effectu? des s?jours plus ou moins longs en France, ?tait aux Pays-Bas. La Cour de cassation observa que la Cour d’appel avait not? que l’enfant ?tait n? aux Pays-Bas d’un p?re […]

CA Paris, 8 ao?t 2008, Nos de RG 08/05791 et 08/07826

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The application concerned two children born in 1997 and 2003 to married parents. The family, of Turkish origin, had been living in the Netherlands since 2000. In September 2006, following dissension between the couple, the mother moved to France with the children. The French Public Prosecutor initiated return proceedings on December 3, 2007 and the […]

Pielage v. McConnell, 516 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2008)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The mother maintained that the child was habitually resident in the Netherlands at all times. This was not disputed by either court, but the 11th Circuit noted that the child had spent 10 of his first 12 months living in Alabama. Removal and Retention – Arts 3 and 12 The […]

Central Authority v. H. 2008 (1) SA 49 (SCA)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The application related to a boy born in May 2002 to a Dutch father and a South African mother. The parents were married and shared equal custody rights in respect of the child. In September 2003 the mother took the child to South Africa with the consent of the father. The parents subsequently presented different […]