2015 (Ra) No. 491 Case on Appeal against a return order

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Objections of the Child to a Return – Art. 13(2) The father argued that B and D had attained an age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of their views, and that they objected to being returned to the state of their habitual residence even though their objections primarily […]

Pliego v. Hayes, 86 F.Supp.3d 678 (W.D. Ky. 2015)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned a child born in March 2011 to a Spanish diplomat father and an American mother. The child was a citizen of Spain and the United States. The parents had been in a relationship for about eight years before marrying in 2009. The child was born in the United States and had spent […]

XX c/ ZZ s/ reintegro de hijos

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Aims of the Convention – Preamble, Arts 1 and 2 The Court referred to the Explanatory Report to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention by Professor Perez-Vera and remarked that the Convention, as well as the Uruguayan law that regulates these proceedings, stands on the principle of the best interest of the child. Grave Risk […]

Hoholm v. Slovakia (Application No 35632/13)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned two children born in 2000 and 2002 to a Norwegian father and a Slovak mother, who had married in Norway in 2000. The family lived together in Norway until the father left the family home in May 2004. On 18 August 2004, an administrative decision was taken on the couple’s separation. On […]