CA Lyon, 15 mars 2000, No de RG 53/2000

Les quatre enfants en cause, dont le plus jeune ?tait ?g? d’un an au moment du d?placement, avaient ?t? unilat?ralement emmen?s des Etats-Unis en France par la m?re. Le 8 f?vrier 2000, le tribunal de grande instance de Lyon avait ordonn? le retour imm?diat des enfants aux Etats-Unis o? ils devaient ?tre remis ? leur […]
Re H. (Abduction: Habitual Residence: Consent) [2000] 2 FLR 294

The child, a boy, was 3 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. He was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and British father. The parents never married but 2 months after the child was born they entered into a formal written agreement (“Bekraftelse”) in which they confirmed the child’s paternity and […]
TGI Montpellier, 1 f?vrier 2000, No 00310/00

L’enfant, une fille, ?tait ?g?e de 19 mois ? la date du d?placement dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Elle avait jusqu’alors toujours v?cu en Grande-Bretagne avec ses parents. A la suite d’une m?sentente entre les ?poux, le p?re obtint du tribunal de Stockport une ordonnance interdisant ? la m?re de sortir l’enfant du territoire […]
(DELETED) PE 36/1999 pm

P. v. S., 2002 FamLR 2

The application related to a boy born in the United States in December 1990. The parents were married but separated in February with the mother moving with the child to a different state. In 1995 the father issued custody proceedings. In August 1996 the mother took the child from the United States to Europe. She […]
Tribunal civil de l’arrondissement de la Sarine (Civil Court of the Sarine District), decision of 20 December 1999, TR 1999/419

Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The father sought to argue that the mother was not actually exercising her right of custody, given that she worked during the day and did not spend much time with her daughter. The court found that this did not represent a lack of interest in the child and rejected […]
The Commonwealth Central Authority and P, 23 December 1999, Family Court of Australia at Darwin [1999] FamCA 1902

The parties lived in the village of Nigrita, Greece. The child was an Australian citizen, the mother was a Greek-born Australian citizen, and the father was a citizen of Greece. In December 1998 the mother, the child and the mother’s parents left Greece and came to Darwin, Australia. In Greece, the mother had tried to […]
Ignaccolo-Zenide v. Romania, no. 31679/96, (2001) 31 E.H.R.R. 7

The case related to two girls, born in 1981 and 1984, to a French mother and Romanian father. On 20 December 1989 the parents divorced in France. The Tribunal de Grande Instance at Bar-le-Duc recognised a consent order entered into by the parents whereby the father was accorded parental responsibility and the mother was awarded […]
M Ma c. EL, Droit de la famille 3451, No 500-09-007790-991

L’affaire concernait un b?b? n? fin 1998 en Ontario. En raison de graves probl?mes de sant?, l’enfant avait v?cu ? l’h?pital jusqu’? No?l 1998 et continuait d’?tre sous supervision m?dicale. Les parents s’?taient s?par?s en ao?t 2008 mais continuaient ? vivre sous le m?me toit. La m?re avait toutefois exprim? ? plusieurs reprises le d?sir […]
H. v. H.

The children, a girl and a boy, were habitually resident in the United States. The parents had joint rights of custody. In late July/early August 1999 the mother retained the children in Sweden during a vacation. The father petitioned for the return of the children.