
M. v. K., 20/06/2000; Iceland Supreme Court
The parties lived in Spain, they separated in 1998 and divorced in 1999. Their two children, boys aged 10 and 13, lived with the mother
The parties lived in Spain, they separated in 1998 and divorced in 1999. Their two children, boys aged 10 and 13, lived with the mother
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The Court held that care had to be taken against allowing evidence which was primarily directed to what the child’s
The case concerned a girl born in 1990 in Germany to a German mother and French father. The father had acknowledged paternity four years after
L’enfant en cause ?tait n? en Italie en 1992. La famille, originaire d’Iran, y r?sidait l?galement depuis les ann?es 80. Le p?re ?tait souvent violent
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) The evidence of the parents was deeply divided as to the nature of their life and the treatment of the
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) There was no immediate grave risk that the return of the child would expose her to a physical or psychological
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The mother sought to argue that the father did not possess any rights of custody. She relied on the
The children, a girl and a boy, were 11 and 6 1/2 at the date of the wrongful removal. The parents, who were separated, had
Rights of Access – Art. 21 Under different Italian court orders the father had sole custody in respect of the child. Consequently he did not
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