H.N. v. Poland, 13 September 2005
The application related to three children: a girl born in 1989, a boy born in 1992 and another girl born in 1994. The father was Norwegian, the mother Polish and the family had lived together in Norway. The mother also had another son born in 1980 from a previous marriage. In late 1994 the mother […]
M. v. K. 12/12/2000; Iceland Supreme Court
The parents were married and lived together in Norway until 1998. The mother then moved to Iceland with their three children, the oldest being a boy born in 1989. In 1999 the parents separated and agreed to have joint custody over all the children, with the two youngest to live with the mother in Iceland, […]
Ostevoll v. Ostevoll, 2000 WL 1611123 (S.D. Ohio 2000)
The application related to three girls aged 13, 11 and 8 at the date of judgment. The parents were Norwegian nationals but lived in New Jersey, United States of America. In the summer of 1995, the family returned to Norway to oversee the improvement of a hotel which they owned. The mother said that the […]
Re M. (Abduction: Intolerable Situation) [2000] 1 FLR 930
The three children were aged 6, 5 and 4 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They were born in Norway and had lived there their entire lives. The parents, both Somali nationals, were married and had joint rights of custody. The parent’s relationship was clearly a troubled one. In 1994 the father was […]
S.E.H. v. H.E.H., 21 December 1998, transcript, Holt Court of Execution and Enforcement
The children, two girls and a boy, were 13, 3 and 10 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both Denmark and Israel. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In December 1997 the family travelled to Norway to visit the maternal grandparents. At the time […]
?.L.K. 1. Februar 1999, 1. afd., B-0149-99
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 […]
V.L.K. 11. Marts 1998, afd. K, B-2717-97
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 […]
