Nicolson v. Pappalardo, 605 F.3d 100 (1st Cir. 2010)
The proceedings concerned a child born in December 2008 to an American mother and an Australian father. The parents had met in Australia whilst the mother was travelling there. The mother became pregnant and returned to the United States of America. After her return, the father proposed marriage and the couple married in Australia in […]
5A_25/2010, II. zivilrechtliche Abteilung, arr?t du TF du 2 f?vrier 2010
The case concerned a girl born in 2007 to an unmarried Italian father and Swiss mother. On 1 November 2008, the family moved to Ireland. In the spring of 2009, the family broke up. In early August, the mother went to Switzerland with the child, and registered among the residents of a commune; she then […]
State Central Authority & Quang [2010] FamCA 231
The application related to two children, one born in Spain in August 2005, the other in Australia in January 2007. The parents had lived together in Spain from May 2004 until late October 2006. In December 2006 the parents signed an agreement on parenting and financial matters which was formally approved in March 2007. Under […]
Barzilay v. Barzilay, 600 F.3d 912 (8th Cir. 2010)
The application related to three children born to married, Israeli parents. The eldest child was born in Israel in 1996, the two younger children in the United States of America in 2002 and 2004 following the parents move there in 2001.The parents divorced in the United States in January 2005. A written parenting plan provided […]
Cass Civ 1?re 20 janvier 2010, N? de pourvoi 08-18085
The case concerned two children born in 2001 and 2003 of a French mother and an Italian father. The parents had a turbulent relationship. After a first separation of the parents in 2005, the mother moved to France with the children. The parents reconciled and the mother returned with the children to live in Italy […]
Jasna Deti?ek v. Maurizio Sgueglia (C-403/09 PPU)
The proceedings related to a child born in September 1997 to a Slovenian mother and an Italian father, who were long-term residents in Italy. In divorce proceedings in Italy, on 25 July 2007, the father was granted provisional custody, but the child was ordered to be placed in care. On the same day, the mother […]
Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court, 2 UF 172/09, 8 January 2010
The Applicant father and Respondent mother were married and lived together in England with their three children ? two daughters, born on 1 March 2001 and 27 July 2005, and a son, born on 11 November 2003. The parents had joint custody of the children. In February 2009, without the prior knowledge of the father, […]
Cass Civ 1?re, 20 janvier 2010, N? de pourvoi 08-19267
The case concerned two children born in 2001 and 2003 of a French mother and an Italian father. The parents had a turbulent relationship. In September 2007, the mother left her husband and Italy with the children. On 2 May 2008, a Family Court judge ordered the return of the children to Italy and “recalled” […]
Matzke v. Matzke, 85 R.F.L. (6th) 208
Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) Frequently moving home from one state to another and the possibility that the father might move again from his present home in Nebraska was not sufficient to amount to a grave risk of physical or psychological harm to the children. The moves had been with the acquiescence of the mother, […]
5A_650/2009, IIe cour civile, arr?t du TF du 11 novembre 2009
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The Tribunal pointed out that neither the Hague Convention nor the Swiss Federal Act of 2009 on international child abduction and the Hague Conventions on the protection of children and adults defined that notion, which, according to the case-law, was to be defined autonomously. The interpretation under the 1980 Convention […]