The application related to a child born in South Africa in August 2005. The parents had married in South Africa in September 2003. Difficulties arose
The application related to two children born on 31 October 2001and 21 June 2005 to a Canadian mother and an American father. The parents had
The case concerned two children, born in March 2005 and August 2006, whose parents had gotten married in 2004. On 3 January 2011, the father
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
The proceedings related to a child born in London in May 2009. The parents had met 10 months previously and had planned to live in
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The Court noted that the concept of ‘rights of custody’ was defined in Article 2(9) of Council Regulation 2201/2003
The case concerned a girl born in Israel in 2008 to married parents. She had lived there with her parents until December 2009, when the
The case concerned two girls born in 1995 and 1997. The family lived in Italy. After the parents’ separation in 2004, an Italian court awarded
The application related to a child born in California on 14 July 2004. The parents, who were first cousins, had been born in Afghanistan but
The case concerned twins born in October 2007. It was not disputed that the family had lived together in Spain until mid-2008. According to the