AR v. RN (Scotland) [2015] UKSC 35

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned two girls born in France in August 2010 and June 2013. The appellant father, a French national, and defendant mother, a British and Canadian national, were not married. The family lived in France until July 2013, when the mother moved to Scotland with the children. Both parties submitted that they had agreed […]

Case no. LB-2015-76479

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned a child born to Polish parents in 2007. Custody was disputed. The mother and the father lived together in Poland from the time the child was born until the autumn of 2009, when the parties split up. Subsequently, the child lived with the mother while the father had access. In 2012, the […]

2015 (Ra) No. 491 Case on Appeal against a return order

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Objections of the Child to a Return – Art. 13(2) The father argued that B and D had attained an age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of their views, and that they objected to being returned to the state of their habitual residence even though their objections primarily […]

Pliego v. Hayes, 86 F.Supp.3d 678 (W.D. Ky. 2015)

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The case concerned a child born in March 2011 to a Spanish diplomat father and an American mother. The child was a citizen of Spain and the United States. The parents had been in a relationship for about eight years before marrying in 2009. The child was born in the United States and had spent […]

XX c/ ZZ s/ reintegro de hijos

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Aims of the Convention – Preamble, Arts 1 and 2 The Court referred to the Explanatory Report to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention by Professor Perez-Vera and remarked that the Convention, as well as the Uruguayan law that regulates these proceedings, stands on the principle of the best interest of the child. Grave Risk […]