JR v SIR [2007] NICA 50 [2008] N.I. 252

The proceedings related to children born in Slovakia in 1996 and 1997. The parents, who had married in 1994, separated in 2002. Thereafter a district court in Slovakia ordered first that the children should reside with the mother, and subsequently that the father should have overnight contact. Difficulties with the exercise of contact led to […]
5A.582/2007 Bundesgericht, II. Zivilabteilung, 04 d?cembre 2007

La demande concernait deux enfants de 14 et 8 ans qui avaient toujours v?cu en France. Les parents avaient divorc? en 2000, la m?re obtenant la r?sidence des enfants (l’autorit? parentale demeurant conjointe). En mai 2006, la m?re partit s’installer en Suisse malgr? l’opposition du p?re. Celui-ci demanda le retour des enfants en mai 2007. […]
Re M. (Children) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2007] UKHL 55 [2008] 1 AC 1288

The application related to two girls aged 13 and 10 at the time of the hearing. The parents were married but separated in early 2001 whereupon the mother moved abroad leaving the girls in the care of the father. In December 2004 the mother returned to Zimbabwe whereupon she had periodic contact with the children. […]
Maumousseau and Washington v. France (Application No 39388/05)

The child, a girl, was aged 2 _ at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The parents were married and lived in the United States. In March 2003 the mother took the child to France for a vacation. On 31 March 2003 the mother informed the father that she did not intend to return. […]
Nyachowe v. Fielder [2007] EWCA Civ 1129

The application related to a 12 year old girl who was born to Zimbabwean parents. The parents never married and never really cohabited. For the first 10 years of her life the girl lived in Zimbabwe in the care of her maternal grandmother. During this time the mother was in the United Kingdom, whilst the […]
Robert v. Tesson, 507 F.3d 981 (6th Cir. 2007)

The application related to twin boys born in 1997 to an American father and an American mother. The family moved between the United States and France, spending periods of time in both countries. There were difficulties in the parents’ marriage and during periods of separation the boys lived both in France with the father and […]
Benditkis v. Benditkis [2007] O.J. No. 4815; 162 A.C.W.S. (3d) 45; 46 R.F.L. (6th) 438

Rights of Custody – Art. 3 The father argued that the removal and retention of the child were not wrongful because the parties had joint custody and there was no non-removal clause in the custody order. The court rejected this argument on the grounds that the parties’ custody order prohibited each parent from making major […]
A.B. v. Poland, Application No. 33878/96

The application related o a child born in Canada in 1988 to Polish parents. The parents had relocated to Canada in 1985. In 1991 they separated and the child, a girl, returned to Poland where she was cared for by the paternal grandparents. Some time thereafter the mother took the child back to Canada. In […]
Re A.; H.A. v. M.B. (Brussels II Revised: Article 11(7) Application) [2007] EWHC 2016 (Fam)

The application related to a 2 year old child who was born in England to a Palestinian father and a French mother. The parents had married in England in 2001 and this afforded the father a right of residence in the country until 2008. After the birth the mother took the child to France for […]
CA Aix-en-Provence, 13 septembre 2007, No de RG 06/08127

La demande concernait une enfant n?e en 2001 d’une m?re fran?aise et d’un p?re italien et qui avait sa r?sidence habituelle au Texas. En juin 2004, une enqu?te des services de protection de l’enfant conclut que le p?re ?tait innocent des faits de n?gligence et d’agression d?nonc?s par la m?re. En juillet 2004, la m?re […]