Re O. (Child Abduction: Re-Abduction) [1997] 2 FLR 712
The children, both girls, were 8 and 4 1/2 at the date of the original wrongful removal. The parents were married and both enjoyed custody rights. On 13 September 1996 the mother unilaterally removed the girls from their home in California and took them to Sweden, her State of origin. The father commenced return proceedings. […]
Re J.A. (Child Abduction: Non-Convention Country) [1998] 1 FLR 231
The application related to a young girl born in the UAE. Her mother was British, her father a UAE national. The parents married in Sharjah and their daughter was born there in February 1995. Mother and child made an extended visit to England in the summer of 1995. In the summer of 1996 the mother […]
Police Commissioner of South Australia v. Castell (1997) FLC 92-752, [1997] FamCA 24, 21 Fam LR 643
The application concerned six children. On 13 March 1993 the mother, with the consent of the father, took the four children then born to Australia. In July 1993 the mother gave birth to twins. On 1 November 1993 the Family Court of Australia granted the mother sole custody of all six children. On 17 May […]
Thorne v. Dryden-Hall, (1997) 28 RFL (4th) 297
The children were infants at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in the United Kingdom since birth. The children resided with their mother in the UK pursuant to a residence order made on 10 June 1993. Under s. 13 of The Children Act 1989 the mother was thereby prohibited from removing […]
Re O. (Child Abduction: Custody Rights) [1997] 2 FLR 702, [1997] Fam Law 781
The child, a girl, was 4 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Germany all of her life. On 16 December 1996 the mother and her British partner took the girl to England. The parents of the child were married but it was not the father who sought the […]
Droit de la famille 2675, No 200-09-001425-971 (200-04-003138-979)
La demande concernait un enfant n? en France en avril 1996. Les parents, qui n’?taient pas mari?s, r?sidaient dans ce pays. Le 12 janvier 1997, la m?re emmena unilat?ralement l’enfant au Qu?bec. Le p?re demanda le retour de l’enfant en France. Le 22 avril 1997, la Cour sup?rieure du Qu?bec ordonna le retour de l’enfant […]
Commissioner, Western Australia Police v. Dormann, JP (1997) FLC 92-766
The child, a boy, was 13 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. The parents were separated and had joint rights of custody. From August 1995 the mother lived in Australia. In September 1996, after a short period in France, the boy moved to […]
In the Marriage of G.R. and B.J. Colbourne, 30 April 1997, Full Court of the Family Court of Australia at Sydney [1997] FamCA 18, (1997) FLC 92-749, 21 Fam LR 621
The children, a boy and a girl were 14 1/2 and 11 1/3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in Australia all of their lives. The parents were separated. The mother had custody and the father access. On 17 December 1996 the mother took the children to the United States. […]
Droit de la famille 2675, No 200-04-003138-979
La demande concernait un enfant n? en France en avril 1996. Les parents, qui n’?taient pas mari?s, r?sidaient dans ce pays. Le 12 janvier 1997, la m?re emmena unilat?ralement l’enfant au Qu?bec. Le p?re demanda le retour de l’enfant en France.
Krishna v. Krishna 1997 WL 195439 (N.D.Cal.)
Aims of the Convention – Preamble, Arts 1 and 2 The United States District Court for the Northern District of California cited the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Friedrich, where it stated that “[t]he affirmative defences…offer an opportunity, in extraordinary cases, for a court in the country of flight to consider the […]