Szalas v. Szabo, [1995] O.J. No. 3632 (Gen. Div.)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The mother and father, Hungarian nationals, were married in Hungary in 1980. After they separated, the mother, with the consent of the father, took custody of their two children, a girl born in 1981 and a boy born in 1984. The father later remarried and emigrated to Canada in 1990. The two children visited the […]

Re G. (A Minor), 3 October 1995, transcript, Court of Appeal

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children were 13 and 8 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both England and the United States. In September 1992 the family moved to the United States. In August 1993, following a vacation in England, the father and children returned to the United States without the mother. Visits […]

Bundesverfassungsgericht, 2 BvR 982/95 and 2 BvR 983/95, 10 October 1995

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a girl, was nine months old at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She was taken by her mother from North Carolina in the United States to Germany on 15 November 1993. The father petitioned for her return under the Convention. The Family Court (Familiengericht) of Schwelm refused to order her return. […]

Re A. (Minors) (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [1996] 1 WLR 25

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children were aged 5 2/3, 4 2/3 and 8 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married and both had custody rights in respect of the children. On 3 April 1995 the mother took the children to England, her State of origin. The father, a United States serviceman, came […]

Nunez-Escudero v. Tice-Menley, 58 F.3d 374 (8th Cir. 1995)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was 2 months old at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Mexico since birth. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 21 September 1993 the mother took the child to the United States, her State of origin. On 23 January 1994 the […]