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domestic violence

Case Update (16 August 2022): Baez v. Paraskevas; shielding a Petitioner’s address did not limit Respondent’s ability to counter her argument the child was settled in its new home

August 29, 2022

The parties are unmarried parents to one U.S. citizen child, born in December 2018. The parties resided together with their child in Mexico since the child's birth. At the child's first birthday party in Mexico, Ms. Paraskevas informed the family she would be relocating to Arizona "indefinitely" … Read More about Case Update (16 August 2022): Baez v. Paraskevas; shielding a Petitioner’s address did not limit Respondent’s ability to counter her argument the child was settled in its new home

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  domestic violence,  Hague Abduction Convention,  now settled

Case Update (2021 Oct 27): Steven W v. Meeli W; civil protection order suit in attempt to seek return of retained child

November 16, 2021

On October 27, 2021, the Appellate Court of Illinois reversed a trial court's finding that Steven was entitled to an order of protection and that Meeli was in indirect civil contempt of a court order to return their child from Estonia to Illinois. The family traveled from Illinois to Estonia in … Read More about Case Update (2021 Oct 27): Steven W v. Meeli W; civil protection order suit in attempt to seek return of retained child

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  Child Custody,  custody,  domestic violence,  Hague Abduction Convention,  interference with custody,  protection order

Case Update (2021): Sanchez v. Sanchez, grave risk of harm, domestic violence, corporal punishment, and trauma

April 29, 2021

On March 31, 2021, in Sanchez v. Sanchez, the U.S. District Court for the MD of NC, denied Mr. Sanchez's request to return his 8-year-old daughter to Honduras stating that it would present a grave risk of harm to the child.  Ms. Sanchez made three separate grave risk arguments: (1) domestic … Read More about Case Update (2021): Sanchez v. Sanchez, grave risk of harm, domestic violence, corporal punishment, and trauma

Category iconChild Abduction,  Corporal Punishment,  domestic violence,  Grave Risk,  Hague Abduction Convention,  harm,  Honduras,  psychological risk,  Trauma

Case Update (2020): In re MVU; Hague Abduction Convention and Article 13(b) grave risk due to domestic violence towards the taking parent

December 23, 2020

In the recent case of In re MVU, the Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed an order refusing return of a minor child to its habitual residence of Mexico because that would present a grave risk of harm to the child based on the father's domestic violence of the mother.  The court in opining … Read More about Case Update (2020): In re MVU; Hague Abduction Convention and Article 13(b) grave risk due to domestic violence towards the taking parent

Category iconChild Abduction,  domestic violence,  Grave Risk,  Hague Abduction Convention,  harm,  undertakings

Case Update (2020): Alobaid v. Khan; Domestic Violence, Personal Jurisdiction, Contacts between foreign national and U.S. state

June 2, 2020

The Alobaid v. Khan ( No. 3D19-2128, 3rd District Court of Appeal State of Florida) case addressed the father’s (Mr. Alobaid) argument that Florida lacked personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction to issue a domestic violence injunction that included a temporary custody … Read More about Case Update (2020): Alobaid v. Khan; Domestic Violence, Personal Jurisdiction, Contacts between foreign national and U.S. state

Category icondomestic violence,  personal jurisdiction,  protection order,  subject matter jurisdiction,  UCCJEA

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