Toren v. Toren, 26 F. Supp. 2d 240 (D. Mass. 1998)
The children were 7 and 4 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both Israel and the United States. In December 1994 the parents divorced and were granted joint rights of custody. With parental agreement the Rabbinical District Court in Jerusalem ordered that the children would reside in Israel for […]
562 f 4374/98, Familiengericht M?nchen (Family Court of Munich) (Germany), 23 October 1998
The child, a boy, was 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. He had lived in both the United States and Germany. The parents were separated. On 27 April 1998 the Circuit Court for Baltimore County declared binding a parental agreement whereby the parents were to have joint legal custody of the child. […]
In re C.L. (a minor); J.S. v. C.L., transcript, 25 August 1998
The child was 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were not married but both had rights of custody. The child had initially lived in Dublin but in April 1997 the mother unilaterally took the child to Belfast in Northern Ireland. The father did not petition for the child’s return under […]
Decision of 4 September 1998 [1998] R.D.F. 701
The children, both boys, were 12 and 4 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Canada and Greece. The parents were separated. A consent order was made in 1996 awarding custody to the mother. Sometime thereafter the father moved to Greece. In 1997 the father sought to attempt a reconciliation […]
Re S. (Abduction: Return into Care) [1999] 1 FLR 843
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) It was argued that the allegations of sexual abuse were of such a nature to activate the Article 13(1)(b) exception. This was rejected by the court. In this the court noted that the Swedish authorities were aware of the case and had taken steps to ensure that the child would […]
Blattner v. Dietschi, No. 98-2-14708-9 KNT (Wash. Super. Ct. July 29, 1998)
The child, a boy, was nearly 7 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Switzerland all of his life. The parents were divorced. A divorce agreement dated 27 October 1994 granted care and control to the mother with access to the father. The father was also accorded a right of […]
Mozes v. Mozes, 19 F. Supp. 2d 1108 (C.D. Cal. 1998)
The children, two girls and a boy, were approximately 8 1/2, 4 1/2 and 4 1/2 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in both Israel and the United States. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In April 1997 the mother took the children to the […]
2 BvR 1206/98, Bundesverfassungsgericht, 17 August 1998
Procedural Matters The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the constitutional complaint filed by the father was admissible; this justified the issuance of the provisional measure preventing the enforcement of the return decision taken by the Higher Regional Court. The non-enforceability of the decision provided legal certainty until the Federal Constitutional Court had ruled on the […]
?.L.K. 23. Juni 1998, 16. afd., B-1391-98
The child, a boy, was 3_ at the time of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married, and had joint custody but they did not live together. The child was born in Denmark in November 1994. Two years later, in November 1996, the family moved to the Netherlands. In January 1997 the mother and […]
2 BvR 1206/98, Bundesverfassungsgericht, 16 July 1998