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