Bezirksgericht Hinwil (Hinwil District Court), decision of 11 December 2000, U/E/EU000008
The child, a boy, was aged 5 _ at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had until then been living in Australia. The parents had been cohabiting for 2 years, but separated shortly before the birth. The mother moved to Tasmania when the boy was two. The competent Australian court granted the father […]
Kantonsgericht von Graub?nden (Court of Appeal of the Grisons Canton), decision of 6 March 2000, PZ 00 9
The child, a girl, was aged 10 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. Until then she had been living in Italy. The child’s mother was dead and she was cared for by the maternal grandmother at the request of the father who served as a Swiss guard at the Vatican. In 1999 the […]
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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 […]
Case No 5P.262/1999, 11/11/1999, Tribunal f?d?ral suisse
The children, a girl and a boy, were 6 and 2 years old respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in Israel all their lives. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In the summer of 1998, the mother left Israel with the two children for a […]
Case No. C 99 4313, 11/10/1999, Arrondissement judiciaire I Courtelary-Moutier-La Neuveville
The children, three girls, were 10 _, 4 _ and 3 _ years old respectively at the date of the alleged violation of the father’s access rights. On 20 November 1997 the parents had been granted a divorce by an American court. The Swiss/American mother was granted custody, the American father access. In 1998 the […]
Morris v. Morris, 55 F. Supp. 2d 1156 (D. Colo., Aug. 30, 1999)
The child, a boy, was almost 2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. The father was a university professor. In December 1997 he was awarded a 12 month period of sabbatical leave which he intended to spend with his family in Europe. The […]
5P.1/1999, Tribunal f?d?ral suisse, (swiss Supreme Court), decision of 29 March 1999
Human Rights – Art. 20 The Supreme Court rejected the finding of the court of appeal noting that there was no evidence that a parent with no rights of custody could prevent the relocation of his children. Consequently if the mother in the present action were to be awarded sole custody by an Israeli court, […]
Blattner v. Dietschi, No. 98-2-14708-9 KNT (Wash. Super. Ct. July 29, 1998)
The child, a boy, was nearly 7 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Switzerland all of his life. The parents were divorced. A divorce agreement dated 27 October 1994 granted care and control to the mother with access to the father. The father was also accorded a right of […]
Dietschi v. Dietschi, No. 98-2-14797-1 KNT (Wash. Super. Ct. July 29, 1998)
The child, a boy, was 2 1/2 the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Switzerland all of his life. The parents were married after the birth of the child. On 8 April 1998 the mother took the child to the United States, her State of origin. The father applied for the […]
