5P.477/2000/ZBE/bnm

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a girl, was aged 2 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. Until then she had always lived in the United States. The parents, an American father and a Swiss mother, divorced in the United States in 1995 and shared custody of their daughter. In September 1996 the mother took the […]

Public Attorney v. J.S., Case No. 778/2001

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, 2 boys, were born on 7 April 1999 and 17 May 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The parents were not married but had been together since 1995. After the younger child was born the family came to Portugal for a couple of months. Shortly after they returned to Australia the parents separated, but, they […]

Secretary for Justice v. A., ex parte B.

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, a boy and a girl, were aged 11 _ and 10 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived in South Africa all of their lives. The parents entered into an Islamic marriage in South Africa. Under South African law such marriages are not afforded recognition, consequently any children born […]

N? de r?le : 01/6584/A

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was aged almost 4 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents, both Belgian nationals, had lived in Spain from the time of his birth in 1996. For several years the father had communted between the two countries. It was the mother’s case that the child had always […]