CASE OF O.C.I. AND OTHERS v. ROMANIA (Application no. 49450/17)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The mother, a Romanian national, and father, an Italian national, were married and lived together in Italy. They had two children born in 2008 and 2010. On 12 June 2015 the family went to Romania for their summer holiday. The father returned to Italy a few days later, expecting to collect the mother and children […]

Blaga v. Romania (Application No 54443/10)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The proceedings related to three children, all of whom had dual American and Romanian citizenship, who were born in March 1998 and October 2000 (twins). The parents, who had married and lived in the United States, also held dual Romanian-U.S. citizenship. On 1 May 2007, the Superior Court of Forsyth County in the United States […]

Anghel v. Italy (Application No. 5968/09)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The proceedings concerned a child born in Romania in March 2003. Following the birth, the mother occasionally worked in Italy for short periods of time. In 2005, after she had obtained a regular job there, the father agreed for the child to travel to Italy with the mother. A formal notarial deed of 26 April […]

CA Lyon, 17 janvier 2011, No de RG 09/05813

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The return application concerned a girl born in 2004 in Romania to Romanian parents. In November 2005, the parents divorced and custody of the child was awarded to the father. On 3 June 2006, the parents decided, as witnessed by a notary, to set up alternate custody, with each parent having care of the child […]

Raban v. Romania (Application No 25437/08)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The proceedings related to two children born in Israel in 2003 and 2004 respectively. They had lived there with their married parents until 27 April 2006, when their Romanian mother took them to her home country for an extended visit. It was the case of the Israeli/Dutch father that the visit was for a fixed […]