CA Paris, 19 octobre 2006, No de RG 06/12398

Settlement of the Child – Art. 12(2) – Procedural Matters It should be noted that the Appeal Court allocated the responsibility for costs of the proceedings to the French Central Authority.
Supreme Court, Civil Chamber II, E. 2006/17797 K. 2006/14657

The case concerned two children born in October 2003 and September 1999, respectively. On 24 November 2004, the mother took the children from Australia to Turkey. On 11 November 2005, the father applied for the return of the children through the Australian Central Authority. The father’s application was denied at first instance and he issued […]
Cass Civ 1?re, 14 novembre 2006, No de RG 05-15692

Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The Cour de cassation noted that the Cour d’appel had been able to deduce from the evidence of several witnesses that the children were habitually resident in England. The residence of the mother and children there was not provisional in nature; the mother was in paid employment and the children […]
Re H. (A Child: Child Abduction) [2006] EWCA Civ 1247

The application related to a girl, aged 15. The parents were divorced and since 2002 the girl had lived in South Africa with her mother. She spent alternative vacations with her father, who since 2000 had resided in England. During Easter 2006 the girl travelled to England but she refused to return at the end […]
Re F. (Hague Convention: Child’s Objections) [2006] FamCA 685, (2006) FLC 93-277; 36 Fam LR 183

Objections of the Child to a Return – Art. 13(2) The Court noted that there had been discussion in Australian jurisprudence as to whether the objection of the child had to be specifically focussed on the State of habitual residence, but declined to participate in the debate. The Court held that the evidence was now […]
Bundesverfassungsgericht, 1 BvR 1796/06, 11 October 2006

Droits de l’homme – art. 20 –
CA Reims, 4 juillet 2006, No de RG 05/02155

The case concerned a child born in April 2003 in the Netherlands where the family lived. On January 10, 2005, the parents divorced in Morocco (their country of origin); the father returned to the Netherlands, while the mother went to live in Troyes, France with the child. On April 15, the Dutch Central Authority issued […]
H.Z. v. State Central Authority [2006] FamCA 466, (2006) FLC 93-264; (2006) 35 Fam LR 489

The application related to three children who were born and raised in Greece and aged 7, 4 and 2 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The Greek father and Australian / Greek mother were married. In June 2005 the mother took the children to Australia for a 10 week vacation. At the […]
Bianchi v. Switzerland, Application No. 7548/04

The application related to a boy born in November 1999. He lived in Italy with his parents until they separated in June 2002 and he was removed to Switzerland by his mother. In September 2002 the father petitioned the Swiss authorities for the return of his son. Following a series of hearings which culminated in […]
CA Orl?ans, 27 juin 2006, No de RG 06/01084

La demande concernait trois enfants n?s ? New York en 1990, 1993 et 1994. A la suite du divorce des parents en 2003, la garde fut attribu?e ? la m?re dont la r?sidence habituelle ?tait d?sormais en Californie. Les enfants passaient r?guli?rement leurs vacances d’?t? chez leurs grands-parents paternels en France. A la fin de […]