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
Case Update (2021): Sanchez v. Sanchez, grave risk of harm, domestic violence, corporal punishment, and trauma
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
Case Update (2020): In re MVU; Hague Abduction Convention and Article 13(b) grave risk due to domestic violence towards the taking parent
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
Case Update (2020): Alobaid v. Khan; Domestic Violence, Personal Jurisdiction, Contacts between foreign national and U.S. state
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