Most practitioners focus heavily on the language in the Hague Abduction Convention that relates to returning a wrongfully removed or retained child to that child's habitual residence. Very rarely do we see Article 1(b) of the Hague Abduction Convention invoked in U.S. courts. This article states … Read More about Case Update (2021): Dawson v. Dylla; Hague access request
Case Update (2020): Brann v. Guimaraes; Civil Suit for Fraud, Slander, etc., after Criminal Conviction for aiding and abetting a criminal kidnapping
In the continuing saga of Chris Brann and the Guimaraes Family, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas accelerated Chris' interlocutory appeal, and ultimately dismissed the Guimaraes' civil suit against him. This family has been through a significant volume of litigation, … Read More about Case Update (2020): Brann v. Guimaraes; Civil Suit for Fraud, Slander, etc., after Criminal Conviction for aiding and abetting a criminal kidnapping
Case Update (2020): Barron v. Kendall; 1980 Convention, Federal vs. State Court, Abstention Doctrine
The U.S. District Court issued a new order on May 18, 2020 in the Barron v. Kendall case related to the issue of abstention in a Hague Abduction return proceeding simultaneously before the state courts and the federal courts. In this case, the father allegedly abducted the parties’ 5-year-old … Read More about Case Update (2020): Barron v. Kendall; 1980 Convention, Federal vs. State Court, Abstention Doctrine