?.L.K, 5. April 2002, 16. afdeling, B-409-02

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a girl, was 7 years old at the time of the alleged wrongful retention. She was born in England in 1994 and lived there until August 2000. The parents married in 1982 but divorced in 1997, when an English court decided that the girl should live with the mother. However, both parents retained […]

V.L.K., 11. januar 2002, 13. afdeling, B-2939-01

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The parents were married from 1985 to 1987 and during this time lived in Israel. After the divorce the mother left Israel, but after some time the parents resumed their relationship, and in 1991 they re-settled in Israel. The child, a boy, was born in March 1994. On 13 October 2001 the mother brought the […]

?.L.K. 1. Februar 1999, 1. afd., B-0149-99

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a girl, was 8 at the time of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Norway all of her life. The mother was single and had sole custody of the child. On 22 August 1998 the girl was forcibly removed from the mother’s care and placed in a children’s home by the […]

?.L.K. 16. november 1998, 14. afd., B-2805-98

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The court noted that the parents had joint rights of custody and that the mother’s removal of the child to Denmark breached the father’s rights and was therefore wrongful.

?.L.K. 23. Juni 1998, 16. afd., B-1391-98

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was 3_ at the time of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married, and had joint custody but they did not live together. The child was born in Denmark in November 1994. Two years later, in November 1996, the family moved to the Netherlands. In January 1997 the mother and […]

V.L.K. 11. Marts 1998, afd. K, B-2717-97

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) On 6 February 1998 an expert on child psychiatry found that the girls had had a very turbulent life, and that they were partiularly attached to their mother. The expert stated that the girls would suffer great psychological harm if they were separated from their mother. The appeal court accepted […]

V.L.K. 12. November 1997, 12. afd., B-2305-97

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Consent – Art. 13(1)(a) The appeal court did not find that the father had agreed to the children staying permanently in Denmark. Rather the agreement entered into with the mother was designed to achieve an amicable solution to the dispute. By her actions the mother had breached that agreement and the court ordered the return […]

Re H.B. (Abduction: Children’s Objections) (No. 2) [1998] 1 FLR 564

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, a boy and a girl, were aged 13 and 11 1/2 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in Denmark for seven years. The parents were divorced. The mother had care and control and the father had access. Following a wrongful retention by the father on 17 October […]

Re H.B. (Abduction: Children’s Objections) [1997] 1 FLR 392

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, a boy and a girl, were aged 13 and 11 1/2 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had moved from England and had lived in Denmark for 7 years. The parents were divorced. The mother had the responsibility of care and control of the children and the father had […]

?.L.K. 29. marts 1994, 10 afd., B-0702-94

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, two girls, were 1_ and 3_ at the time of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. The family lived in the United States. In August 1993 the mother told the father that she wanted a divorce and to move to Denmark. The parents separated and […]