Cohen v. Cohen, 158 Misc. 2d 1018, 602 N.Y.S.2d 994 (Sup. Ct. 1993)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, a girl and a boy, were 4 and 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married. The children lived in the United States until December 1992. On 6 December the father took the children to Israel. The purpose of this visit was the subject of dispute. On 28 […]

Re S. (Minors) (Abduction: Wrongful Retention) [1994] Fam 70

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, both girls, were 4 _ and 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married. Until the family moved to England in September 1992 the girls had spent their entire lives in Israel. The parents came to England to take up research posts. Although the length of their stay […]

Re L. (Child Abduction) (Psychological Harm) [1993] 2 FLR 401

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was 14 months at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had lived in the United States since birth. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. On 25 September 1992 the mother took the child to England, her State of origin. The father filed for the return […]

Viragh v. Foldes, 415 Mass 96, 612 N.E.2d 241 (Mass. 1993)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, two boys, were 6 and 8 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had spent all of their lives in Hungary. The parents were divorced, the mother having been awarded custody, the father access. On 11 November 1990 the mother took the boys to the United States to join her new […]

F. v. F., 24 May 1993, transcript, High Court of Northern Ireland

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The children, three boys, were aged almost 11, 9 1/3 and 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had spent all of their lives in Western Australia. The parents were separated. The mother had been awarded sole custody but was restrained from removing the children from the jurisdiction without the written consent […]

Levesque v. Levesque, 816 F. Supp. 662 (D. Kan. 1993)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a girl, was 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married. The child lived in Germany until May 1991. She then moved with her parents to the United States. In April 1992 the mother took the child to Germany, only to return five weeks later. On 21 June […]