The Santa Clara County, California DA charged the Father with a single count of felony child abduction and the jury convicted him. In January 2022, the trial court suspended his sentence and placed him on probation for 2 years. He appealed. The parents to the minor child were … Read More about Case Update (19 April 2023): People v. Coulthard; Father’s criminal conviction for felony child abduction is a distinct/different remedy than the return of a child under Hague Abduction Convention
Case Update (2021): Brann v. Guimaraes; Civil Suit for Fraud, Slander, etc., after Criminal Conviction for aiding and abetting a criminal kidnapping
On July 1, 2021, the Texas Court of Appeals issued a substitute opinion, affirming its prior disposition, in the case of Mr. Christopher Brann and his former in-laws, the Guimaraeses. This case has a long and storied history. It emanates from a parental kidnapping of Mr. Brann's son by his … Read More about Case Update (2021): Brann v. Guimaraes; Civil Suit for Fraud, Slander, etc., after Criminal Conviction for aiding and abetting a criminal kidnapping