Thompson v. Thompson
The parents are a British father and a Russian mother who were married and who lived and worked in Spain since 2009. The child lived with her parents in Spain from birth (in July 2013) until her mother removed her to Russia in April 2016, without the father’s knowledge or consent. The 1980 Hague Child […]
A.G.O. s/ Restituci?n Internacional
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The Appellate Court (Tribunal de Apelaci?n de la Ni?ez y la Adolescencia) ruled that the habitual residence of the child, prior to his wrongful removal, was in the Federal Republic of Brazil. The documentation produced showed that the child had been born in Brazil, had been registered in said country […]
G/G. RIT: C-403-2017
The case is about a four-year-old boy born on 14 February 2013 in Carate Brianza, Italy, where he lived with his parents, who were not married. On 24 August 2016, the mother travelled with the child to Chile to visit the mother’s side of the family. On 12 September 2016, the father signed a travel […]
2016 (Ra) No. 622 Appeal case against dismissal of case seeking return of a child
Consent – Art. 13(1)(a) The Osaka High Court judges held that, despite the assertion of the mother that the father consented to or acquiesced in the removal of the child to Japan, there was no evidence for this assertion. The father had consented only to the mother going to Japan with the child for a […]
Balev v. Baggott, 2016 ONCA 680
County Court of Zagreb, No. 1 Gž Ob-1456/2016-2 of 2 December 2016
The proceedings were initiated after the father filed an application for the return of the child to Germany with the German Central Authority. The mother removed the child from their family home in Germany on 6 April 2016 without the father’s prior knowledge or consent. At the time of the removal the child was three […]
Corte di Cassazione, sezione I civile, sentenza 15 Luglio 2016, n. 18846
G.N. v. Poland (Application No 2171/14)
Municipal Court of Rijeka, No. R1 Ob-336/16 of 27 July 2016
The procedure for the return of the retained child was initiated by the father. The mother came to Croatia in December 2015 to assist with the care of her sick mother. With the express consent of the father, the child came with the mother. She owned a flat in Croatia and began actively looking for […]
G., G. – Restituci?n Internacional de Menores de 16 A?os, Nº de Expediente 0002-019994/2015
The case concerned a child born in March 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The child lived there for an uninterrupted period in a house rented by his paternal grandmother. He was three years old at the time of the removal. The mother initiated maintenance proceedings against the father. In turn, the father sought the advice […]