Re A. (Minors) (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1992] Fam 106
The children, both boys, were aged 6 and 4 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The boys had moved between England and Australia. At the date of the removal they had been in Australia for two years. The parents were divorced and had entered into an agreement as to the care of […]
43R644/91 Landesgericht f?r Zivilrechtssachen Wien
The children, two girls, were 6 and 3 years old at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in the United Kingdom with both of their parents since birth. The parents were married. On 29 July 1991 the mother came to Austria for a holiday with the father’s consent. The mother subsequently […]
P. v. P. (Minors) (Child Abduction) [1992] 1 FLR 155
The children, a girl and a boy, were 8 years and 11 months respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in the United States all of their lives. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 4 February 1991 the mother took the children to England, her […]
C. v. C. (Minors) (Child Abduction) [1992] 1 FLR 163
The children, both boys, were 10 and 8 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had spent all their lives in the United States of America. The parents were divorced, with the mother having custody and the father access. On 6 February 1991 the mother took the children to England. On 30 May […]
Re Slamen 1991 GWD 34-2041
The child, a girl, was 8 months old at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Canada all of her life. The parents were not married. On 10 June 1991 the mother took the child to Scotland. The Outer House of the Court of Session in Scotland found that the child […]
Re H.; Re S. (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1991] 2 AC 476
The children were 7 1/2 and 6 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Canada all of their lives. Pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of Ontario, dated 20 September 1985, the mother had been awarded custody of the children, the father access. In March 1986, following […]
Re F. (A Minor) (Child Abduction) [1992] 1 FLR 548, [1992] Fam Law 195
The child, a boy, was 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married and each had custody rights in respect of the child. The family had lived in England until 10 April 1991. They then went to Australia. The ultimate purpose of this trip was disputed by the parents. On […]
Re R. (A Minor Abduction) [1992] 1 FLR 105
The child, a girl aged 14 1/2, was removed from Germany by her mother. This breached rights of custody vested in the child’s guardian, who also was her aunt. The aunt petitioned for the child’s return.
Collopy v. Christodoulou, No. 90 DR 1138 (D. Colo. May 8, 1991)
The child, a girl, was 5 months old at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. She had lived in England for the first two months of her life. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 27 October 1989 the mother went to the United States, her State of origin, with […]
Cass Civ 1?re 23/10/1990 C. c. G.
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The father sought to argue that the retention was not wrongful as the mother was only awarded custody after the children had been retained. This argument was dismissed by the Court on the basis that Article 3 of the Convention refers not only to custody existing by judicial decisions […]