TV c. MB, Droit de la famille 1222, 2012 QCCA 21

The case concerned two children born in 2001 and 2005 to an American father and Canadian mother. The parents had cohabited for 10 years, until the father told the mother he had a mistress in June 2010. The parents’ versions of subsequent events differed. According to the father, he had asked the mother, who was […]
X. v. Latvia (Application No 27853/09)

The application concerned a child born in Australia in February 2005 to a Latvian mother and an Australian father. The mother had met the father in early 2004 and moved into his flat at the end of the year when she was in a late stage of pregnancy. The relationship between the parties deteriorated. The […]
Supreme Court of Greece (?????? ?????), decision 1857, 16 December 2011

The proceedings related to a child born in Germany in 2001 to Greek parents. The parents were married and shared parental responsibility under both German and Greek law. The marriage was characterized by incidents of domestic abuse. In 2007, the mother left Germany with the child in order to visit her sick grandmother. When she […]
A, Petitioner [2011] CSOH 215

The application concerned two children, a boy aged eleven and a girl aged five, born to a Scottish mother and a Spanish father. The elder child was born in the United States of America, the younger child in Scotland. The family were habitually resident in Spain and lived together in an apartment. The parents were […]
Re J (Abduction: Children’s Objections) [2011] EWCA Civ 1448, [2012] 1 F.L.R. 457

The proceedings related to children born in Poland in 1996, 1998 and 2001. The Polish parents had married in April 1996 and separated in August 2005. In subsequent proceedings, the Court in Zamosc, Poland awarded custody to the father and contact to the mother. Thereafter the mother relocated to the United Kingdom. In September 2010, […]
CA Agen, 1 d?cembre 2011, No de RG 11/01437

The case concerned a child born in Australia in 2005. After the parents separated in 2009, the parties entered in April 2010 into an agreement settling the child’s living conditions and the periods when he would travel to France with his mother alone or with both parents. It was also specified that the mother would […]
M v M [2011] NICA 36

El caso trata de tres hermanos nacidos en Irlanda del Norte, uno en 2001 y dos en 2003 (mellizos). Los padres hab?an contra?do matrimonio en 2000. La madre ten?a tres hijos de un matrimonio anterior. Tras una visita en 2006, los padres, los tres ni?os y dos de los hermanastros emigraron a Australia en agosto […]
CA Lyon, 19 septembre 2011, No de RG 11/02919

The application concerned two children born in Germany in 1996 and 1999. After the parents’ separation, the children’s habitual residence had been set by a court at the father’s domicile in Germany. In August 2010, the mother refused to allow the children to return to Germany after exercising her right of access, and unilaterally set […]
KKO:2008:98

The proceedings related to children born in March 2005 and July 2007 to married parents. In October 2007 the family moved to Scotland. The purpose of the move was the subject of dispute as between the parents. The family rented a flat in St Andrews, and availed of health care and social services there. On […]
6Ob230/11h, Oberster Gerichtshof

The case concerned two children aged 14 and 9, whose mother had sole custody and who had lived with her in Sicily since 2009. The children went to visit their father in Austria for the Easter holiday. They did not return to Sicily as planned because the elder wished to remain in Austria. The mother […]