Decision of the Federal Supreme Court 5A_846/2018 of 6 November 2018

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Par requ?te, d?pos?e le 19 septembre 2018 devant la Chambre civile de la Cour de justice de la R?publique et canton de Gen?ve, le requ?rant a conclu, par r?f?rence ? la Convention de La Haye du 25 octobre 1980 sur les aspects civils de l’enl?vement international d’enfants, au retour imm?diat en France ses enfants. Les […]

Decision of the Federal Supreme Court 5A_1021/2017 of 8 march 2018

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

R?sidence habituelle – art. 3 Le principe du recours exclusif au rattachement ? la r?sidence habituelle de l’enfant, consacr? notamment dans la CLaH80, s’oppose ? ce qu’un enfant jouisse, d’un point de vue juridique au moins, de plusieurs r?sidences habituelles. En revanche, un enfant peut avoir « deux r?sidences habituelles alternatives et successives », en […]

Decision of the Federal Supreme Court 5A_666/2017 of 27 September 2017

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Shortly after the birth of the child in Switzerland, the unmarried parents moved to Spain, where they lived in a shared household for several years. In 2011, the parents separated and had alternating custody. At the end of January / beginning of February 2016, the mother moved with the child to Switzerland without the father’s […]

5A_716/2012, IIe cour civile, arr?t du TF du 3 d?cembre 2012

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned two children removed by their mother from Italy to Switzerland. On 5 July 2012, the father applied for return to the canton Court of Neuch?tel. On 11 August, the mother informed the court that she was in Italy with her children. On 13 August, the President of the Court of protection for […]

5F_8/2010, IIe Cour de droit civil, arr?t du TF du 26 mai 2011

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned a boy born in Israel in June 2003. The father having associated with a religious movement (Loubavitch), marital difficulties arose in the autumn of that year, then the parents separated. On 20 June 2004, a family court in the region of Tel Aviv barred the child from leaving the territory. The following […]

Affaire K???k c. Turquie et Suisse (Requ?te No 33362/04)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned a child born in Turkey in 1997. After his parents’ divorce in 2001, the child was placed in his father’s sole custody, with the mother having rights of access. In July 2002, the mother and her brother left for a month’s holiday with the child. She failed to return the child to […]

5A_535/2010, II. zivilrechtliche Abteilung, arr?t du TF du 10 ao?t 2010

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned twins born in October 2007. It was not disputed that the family had lived together in Spain until mid-2008. According to the mother, starting at that time, there was the beginning of a move to Switzerland; according to the father, the family had continued to reside in Spain. On 11 March 2010, […]

5A_436/2010, II. zivilrechtliche Abteilung, arr?t du TF du 8 juillet 2010

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Consent – Art. 13(1)(a) The father asserted the mother’s consent to the children’s settlement in Switzerland. The Federal Tribunal stated that the issue of consent was not, contrary to the father’s claim, an issue of the Convention’s applicability. The Convention was applicable as the father had removed the children, habitually resident in Croatia, to Switzerland […]

5A_441/2010, IIe cour de droit civil, arr?t du TF du 7 juillet 2010

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Droit de garde – art. 3 Le Tribunal f?d?ral, citant les articles 3 & 5 de la Convention de la Haye de 1980, indiqua que pour conna?tre l’attributaire du droit de garde, il convenait de se r?f?rer uniquement ? l’ordre juridique de l’??tat de la r?sidence habituelle de l’enfant au moment du d?placement. Il indiqua […]