In the Marriage of Brandon v. Brandon (1991) 14 Fam. LR 181, [1990] FamCA 60
The child, a boy, was 3 1/4 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in both Australia and England. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. In October 1987, while in Australia, the 10 month old child suffered serious burns from water scalding and was hospitalised for five […]
Re H. (A Minor) (Abduction) [1990] 2 FLR 439
The child, a girl, was 16 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in both Canada and England. The parents were not married. On 19 September 1989 the Supreme Court of Ontario granted interim custody to the mother, interim access to the father and ordered that the child not be […]
V. v. B. (A Minor) (Abduction) [1991] 1 FLR 266
The child, a boy, was 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were not married but had joint rights of custody in respect of the boy. On 22 January 1990 the father took the child to England. The parents had lived together in New Zealand for two years until the end […]
Re N. (Minors) (Abduction) [1991] 1 FLR 413
The children, a girl and a boy, were 3 1/2 and 2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had spent the majority of their lives in the United States. The parents were married. On 17 October 1989 the mother unilaterally took the children to England, her State of origin. In the aftermath […]
Sheikh v. Cahill, 145 Misc. 2d 171, 546 N.Y.S.2d 517 (Sup. Ct. 1989)
The child, a boy, was 9 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. In June 1986 the New York Kings County Family Court awarded the parents joint custody, with the mother to have care of the child. The father was given limited, supervised visitation. In July 1986 the mother took the child to England […]
CA Aix en Provence, 23 mars 1989, Minist?re Public c. M. B.
The children, both girls, were aged 6 1/2 and almost 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were divorced, the father having custody and the mother access. The father’s custody was however restricted to the jurisdiction of the court: England and Wales. On 17 January 1988 the father took the girls […]
Re G. (A Minor) (Abduction) [1989] 2 FLR 475
The child, a boy, was 9 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Australia for over four years. His parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 15 February 1989 the mother took the boy to England. On 17 February 1989 the father was awarded custody by a […]
Re J. (Minor: Ward of Court) [1989] Fam 85
The child, a girl, was 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had spent most of her life in England. The parents were divorced and the father had been granted access in several different orders. On 25 April 1984 the child had been made a ward of court and consequently she could […]
Navarro v. Bullock, 15 Fam. L. Rep. (B.N.A.) 1576 (Cal. Super. Ct. 1989)
The children, a girl and a boy, were nearly 11 and 9 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in Spain for the majority of their lives. The parents were separated. The father had provisional custody and the mother had visitation rights. In April 1985 the mother took the children […]
Kilgour v. Kilgour 1987 SC 55
The children were aged 2 _ and 5 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal / retention. They had spent their entire lives in Canada. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 24 January 1986 the mother took the children to Scotland, her jurisdiction of origin.