Municipal Court of Rijeka, No. R1 Ob-336/16 of 27 July 2016

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The procedure for the return of the retained child was initiated by the father. The mother came to Croatia in December 2015 to assist with the care of her sick mother. With the express consent of the father, the child came with the mother. She owned a flat in Croatia and began actively looking for […]

A. C. C. s/ Restituci?n Internacional

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case is about a girl who lived in Spain. Her parents were separated, and on 10 April 2014 they entered into an agreement on the days the child would be with each of them, authorising the father to travel with the child once a year to Ecuador for no longer than a month. On […]

Ortiz v. Martinez, 789 F.3d 722 (7th Cir. 2015)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The appellant father and respondent mother lived in Mexico together with their two children, a girl and boy aged seven and 16, respectively, at the time of the proceedings. In August 2011, they all travelled to Chicago. The appellant returned to Mexico, but the respondent and children did not return. The appellant filed an action […]

G.S. v. Georgia (Application No 2361/13)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, L, was born in Ukraine on 29 July 2004. The applicant mother was a Ukrainian national and the respondent father a dual Georgian-Ukrainian national. In mid-2005 the father left Ukraine for Russia. The child, L, continued to live with his mother in Ukraine and attended a pre-school educational institution in Kharkiv. The father […]