Achakzad v. Zemaryalai, 2009 CarswellOnt 5615
The child, a boy, was 4 years old at the time of his alleged wrongful removal from California to Ontario by the mother. On 10 November 2008, the mother was allegedly assaulted by the father. On 15 November 2008 she left the United States and brought the child to Canada. Criminal charges were laid against […]
2Ob103/09z, Oberster Gerichtshof
Risque grave – art. 13(1)(b) Le p?re contestait une grande partie des constatations de la cour d’appel et en particulier niait l’id?e qu’une mise en danger du bien ?tre de l’enfant r?sulterait d’un retour ? Santorin et d’une s?paration de sa m?re. La Cour supr?me observa que la cour d’appel avait ?galement consid?r? qu’un retour […]
Djemba v. Ekwe, [2009] O.J. 2133
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 There was strong evidence the children were habitually resident in Austria immediately before their mother brought them to Canada. They had been living in Vienna with their father for eight months. Their mother also lived there during the majority of that period and the children spent roughly equal time with […]
Cass Civ 1?re 17 Juin 2009, N? de pourvoi 07-16427
The application concerned a child born in New York in 2001. The family had lived in the United States until the father took the child with him to France in February 2006 for the child to undergo surgery. It was planned for them to return to the United States before 30 March 2006. As the […]
Oncu v. Oncu, 2009 BCSC 829
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The Court noted that the child had been in Turkey for an appreciable period of time when taken to Canada by the father. When she had travelled to Turkey, her mother clearly had a settled intention to reside in that country. As regards the father, the Court found that notwithstanding […]
Shortridge-Tsuchiya v. Tsuchiya, 2009 BCSC 541, [2009] B.C.W.L.D. 4138
The child, a boy, was 7 years of age at the time of alleged wrongful removal. He had been born in Japan to his Japanese father and Canadian mother. The child had Canadian and Japanese citizenship and was fluent in English and Japanese. In December 2007 the father told the mother that he would seek […]
CA Chamb?ry, 24 avril 2009, No de RG 09/00305
The application concerned a child born in New York in 2001. The family had lived in the United States of America until the father took the child to France in February 2006 to undergo surgery. They were supposed to return to the United States of America before 30 March 2006. As the father and child […]
Cour d’appel de Bruxelles, 5 mai 2009, No de r?le : 2008/JR/177
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The Court pointed out that in accordance with the Belgian code of private international law, the Court seised is required to ascertain sua sponte that it has international jurisdiction when it observes an element of diversity in the dispute. It added that the connecting factor selected is that of the […]
2Ob78/09y, Oberster Gerichtshof
Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The habitual residence did not depend on the intention to stay permanently at one place but rather on the issue of where the person concerned chose to centre his/her economic and social existence. It is therefore appropriate to look at the practical, factual relationships of the person at his/her place […]
Court of First Instance of Agrinio (_________ ___________ ________), decision 340, 31 March 2009
The parents married in Greece where they subsequently had two children. The family lived in Greece. The parents subsequently experienced problems in their relationship and in 2006 the mother moved to Sweden with the children. In Sweden, the child to which the proceedings pertained, was enrolled in primary school and was entered on the population […]