H??gsta domstolens beslut den 27 april 2012 i m??l ?? 939-12
The proceedings concerned two girls born to Czech parents. Following the end of the parents’ marriage the District Court of Fr??dek-M?stek, Czech Republic, approved an agreement that the mother would have care of the children. In May 2010 the mother moved to Sweden, and in August 2010 the girls joined her. The father petitioned for […]
Str??mblad v. Sweden (Application No 3684/07)
The proceedings related to a child born in Sweden in August 2003 to a Swedish father and a Ukrainian mother (with permanent residence permits in both the Czech Republic and Sweden), who subsequently acquired Swedish citizenship. In the summer of 2005 the mother took the child for an extended visit to see the maternal grandparents […]
Court of First Instance of Agrinio (_________ ___________ ________), decision 340, 31 March 2009
The parents married in Greece where they subsequently had two children. The family lived in Greece. The parents subsequently experienced problems in their relationship and in 2006 the mother moved to Sweden with the children. In Sweden, the child to which the proceedings pertained, was enrolled in primary school and was entered on the population […]
State Central Authority & Peddar [2008] FamCA 519
The application related to two children, born in April 1997 and April 1999 respectively. They had lived in Sweden with their parents until early 2004 when they relocated to Australia with their father. Prior to the move a district court in Sweden made an order with regard to access arrangements. This order was subsequently upheld […]
Family case 107064/99 K.L v. N.D.S.
The proceedings related to a child, a boy, who was aged 12 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He was born in Sweden and lived there for the first two years of his life. His parents’ marriage then ended and the mother took him to Israel. The child spent summer vacations with the […]
Danaipour v. McLarey, 183 F. Supp. 2d 311 (D. Mass. 2002)
The children, two girls, were 7 and 3 years old at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived all of their lives in Sweden. In October 2000 a Stockholm court put in place a joint custody regime whereby the children would spend alternate weeks with each parent. The mother undertook not to […]
Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsr??tten), decision of 21 January 2002, Case number 7373-2001
The child, a boy, was 12 years of age at the time of the alleged wrongful retention. He had lived in England with his mother since the age of three. The mother had rights of custody, the father rights of access. In October 2001 mother and child went to Sweden for a short visit to […]
Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsr??tten), decision of 12 September 2001, Case number 7624-2000
The child, a boy, was 5 years of age at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. He had lived in both Sweden and England. The parents were not married but had joint rights of custody. The child lived in Sweden until April 1999 when his mother unilaterally took him to England. In May 1999 […]
Re H. (Abduction: Habitual Residence: Consent) [2000] 2 FLR 294
The child, a boy, was 3 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. He was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and British father. The parents never married but 2 months after the child was born they entered into a formal written agreement (“Bekraftelse”) in which they confirmed the child’s paternity and […]
H. v. H.
The children, a girl and a boy, were habitually resident in the United States. The parents had joint rights of custody. In late July/early August 1999 the mother retained the children in Sweden during a vacation. The father petitioned for the return of the children.