CA Limoges, 12 mars 2003, No 17

Procedural Matters –
Re H. (Children) (Child Abduction: Grave Risk) [2003] EWCA Civ 355

The children were aged 9, 6 and 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. Until then they had lived all of their lives in Belgium. None of the members of the family spoke English. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. The mother had another child from a previous marriage […]
W. v. W. 2003 SCLR 478

There were four children of the marriage, two girls and two boys. The eldest child was aged 9 at the date of the proceedings. It was accepted that all four children had been wrongfully removed from Australia to Scotland by their mother.
P. v. The Secretary for Justice [2003] NZLR 54, [2003] NZFLR 673

The application related to two children, aged six and almost 4, at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents separated in March 2001. In January 2002 the mother indicated that she wished to relocate to New Zealand with the children. The father immediately initiated legal proceedings, however the parents were able to reach […]
Tribunal de premi?re instance de Bruxelles, 6 mars 2003, No de r?le: 02/7742/A

L’enfant, un gar?on, ?tait ?g? de 11 ans ? la date du non-retour dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Ses parents n’?taient pas mari?s et s’?taient s?par?s en 1993. L’enfant ?tait rest? avec sa m?re en Italie depuis lors. Le 21 juin 2001, le p?re emmena l’enfant en Belgique (o? il r?sidait depuis au moins […]
N? de r?le : 01-AR-2451, Cour d’appel de Bruxelles, 21 janvier 2003

L’enfant, un gar?on, ?tait ?g? d’environ 4 ans 1/2 ? la date du d?placement dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Ses parents, tous deux de nationalit? belge, vivaient en Espagne au moment de sa naissance en 1996. Pendant plusieurs ann?es, le p?re avait fait des aller-retour entre la Belgique et l’Espagne. La m?re all?guait que […]
5P.263/2002 /min, 5P.463/2002

Silverman v. Silverman, 312 F.3d 914 (8th Cir. 2002)

The children were 8 and 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married and the family had lived together in the United States until August 1999 when they moved to Israel. The family stayed there for 10 months when the mother took the children back to the United States for […]
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe, 2 UF 115/02, 15 November 2002

L’enfant, un gar?on, ?tait n? en octobre 1998. Il ?tait ?g? de 3 ans 1/4 ? la date du non-retour dont le caract?re illicite ?tait all?gu?. Le p?re mexicain et la m?re allemande avaient v?cu au Mexique jusque dans les derniers mois de la grossesse, mais l’enfant ?tait n? en Allemagne. La paternit? de l’enfant […]
5P.310/2002 /zga, Bundesgericht II. Zivilabteilung, 18/11/2002

La m?re des deux enfants en cause ?tait allemande, et vivait en Nouvelle-Z?lande avec eux (et deux autres enfants issus d’un premier lit). Elle s’?taient s?par?e en 1997 du p?re des enfants en raison de sa violence. A la suite de la s?paration, les enfants avaient v?cu avec elle, le p?re b?n?ficiant d’un droit de […]