Murray v. Director, Family Services (1993) FLC 92-416, [1993] FamCA 103, 16 Fam LR 982
The children involved in the application were aged almost 5, almost 4 and almost 2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married and both enjoyed rights of custody. The children had spent their entire lives in New Zealand. On 13 April 1993 the mother unilaterally took them to Australia. On […]
L. v. L., 21 June 1993, (Extract from the Jerusalem Post, 16 August 1993) The Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as a Court of Civil Appeals
The child, a boy, was nearly 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United States all of his life. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 24 October 1991 the mother unilaterally took the child to Israel, her State of origin. The father also […]
Police Commissioner of South Australia v. Temple (No 2) (1993) FLC 92-424, [1993] FamCA 63, 17 Fam LR 144
The child, a girl, was 8 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Portugal and England. The parents were separated and the mother had physical custody of the child in England. The father lived in Portugal. On 21 February 1992 the mother took the child to Australia for a six-week […]
Re S. (Minors) (Abduction: Wrongful Retention) [1994] Fam 70
The children, both girls, were 4 _ and 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married. Until the family moved to England in September 1992 the girls had spent their entire lives in Israel. The parents came to England to take up research posts. Although the length of their stay […]
Re L. (Child Abduction) (Psychological Harm) [1993] 2 FLR 401
The child, a boy, was 14 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United States since birth. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 25 September 1992 the mother took the child to England, her State of origin. The father filed for the return […]
Viragh v. Foldes, 415 Mass 96, 612 N.E.2d 241 (Mass. 1993)
The children, two boys, were 6 and 8 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had spent all of their lives in Hungary. The parents were divorced, the mother having been awarded custody, the father access. On 11 November 1990 the mother took the boys to the United States to join her new […]
F. v. F., 24 May 1993, transcript, High Court of Northern Ireland
The children, three boys, were aged almost 11, 9 1/3 and 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had spent all of their lives in Western Australia. The parents were separated. The mother had been awarded sole custody but was restrained from removing the children from the jurisdiction without the written consent […]
Levesque v. Levesque, 816 F. Supp. 662 (D. Kan. 1993)
The child, a girl, was 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married. The child lived in Germany until May 1991. She then moved with her parents to the United States. In April 1992 the mother took the child to Germany, only to return five weeks later. On 21 June […]
Wolfe v. Wolfe [1993] NZFLR 277
Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The court held that under the interim order when the father had care of the child he had a right to determine where the child should live and a duty to care for the child. On this basis the court found that the father had a right of custody. […]
Re T. and Others (Minors) (Hague Convention: Access) [1993] 2 FLR 617
The children were aged 6, 5, and 3 at the date of the application for access. On 26 April 1991 the mother unilaterally took the children to England in breach of the father’s rights of custody. On 8 November 1991, upon undertakings being volunteered, the High Court granted a return order In March 1992, at […]