The parties are parents to one child, born on January 1, 2016. In December 2016, the parties divorced in Michigan. The Father lives in Maryland and the Mother in Michigan. The divorce decree included an agreement for the parties to share joint legal custody, Mother (Aziz) to have sole physical … Read More about Case Update (23 June 2022): Safdar v. Aziz; best interests and international relocation; becoming a treaty “party” under the Hague Abduction Convention
Case Update (20 Dec 2021): Chigariro v. Gessen; habitual residence and understanding when countries are treaty partners under the Hague Abduction Convention
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied a petitioner's request to return her children to Zimbabwe, after concluding that Russia, and not Zimbabwe, was the child's habitual residence. The court gave an explanation of when the Hague Abduction Convention is in place between … Read More about Case Update (20 Dec 2021): Chigariro v. Gessen; habitual residence and understanding when countries are treaty partners under the Hague Abduction Convention