On October 19, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the SD of Florida ordered the parties' minor child returned to Chile. The child's father, alleging violent threats by the mother's boyfriend in Chile, decided to take their child to the United States. Over the course of approximately 3 months in … Read More about Case Update (2021): Philantrope v. Jean; Hague Abduction Return; child not settled despite petition being filed 29 months after removal
Case Update (2021): Aluker v. Yan, rights of custody under Hague Abduction Convention and private agreement
On August 5, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of Virginia in the case of Aluker v. Yan. This was an unpublished, non-binding, opinion. The parties and their two children had resided in Portugal since 2017, they separated shortly after arriving … Read More about Case Update (2021): Aluker v. Yan, rights of custody under Hague Abduction Convention and private agreement
Case Update (2021): AlHaidari v. AlHaidari, UCCJEA and human rights
On February 8, 2021, the Superior Court for Chelan County, Washington, issued a memorandum opinion in the case of AlHaidari v. AlHaidari. The case revolves around a child born in Saudi Arabia in December 2014 to the litigants, Bethany and Ghassan. The parties were in the middle of significant … Read More about Case Update (2021): AlHaidari v. AlHaidari, UCCJEA and human rights
Case Update (2021): Aluker v. Yan; right of custody pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement, Article 3 “legal effect”
On March 4, 2021, Judge Liam O'Grady of the U.S. District Court of the EDVa, entered an order in the case of Aluker v. Yan, granting Respondent's motion for judgment on partial findings. Petitioner has appealed.In September 2017, the Aluker-Yan family moved from the United States to Portugal, … Read More about Case Update (2021): Aluker v. Yan; right of custody pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement, Article 3 “legal effect”