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Case Update (2021): Wan v. DeBolt; Hague Abduction Convention; Hong Kong’s Political Climate does not make out Article 13(b) or Article 20 exception

May 4, 2021

Petitioner Mother, Ms. Wan, sought the return of her two minor children to Hong Kong. She accused their father, Mr. DeBolt, of wrongfully retaining the children after bringing them to Illinois for what was scheduled as a vacation to visit family. The District Court for the CD of IL, after … Read More about Case Update (2021): Wan v. DeBolt; Hague Abduction Convention; Hong Kong’s Political Climate does not make out Article 13(b) or Article 20 exception

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  Grave Risk,  Hague Abduction Convention,  Hong Kong,  human rights

Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020

April 22, 2021

2020 was not for the faint of heart, with a global pandemic and a U.S. Supreme Court opinion on the Hague Abduction Convention authored by the late Justice Ginsburg.  Here are the TOP TEN most clicked blog posts from MK Family Law's Family Law Across Borders BLOG.  No. 10  … Read More about Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020

Category iconChild Abduction,  comity,  covid-19,  criminal kidnapping,  divorce,  foreign divorce,  fraud,  Hague Abduction Convention,  Hong Kong,  ICAPRA,  India,  international family law,  kidnapping,  service of process

Case Update (2020): Wan v. DeBolt; Hague Abduction Convention’s application between Hong Kong and the United States after July 2020 Executive Order

April 22, 2021

In Wan v. DeBolt (2020 WL 6274992), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois allowed a Mother's Hague Abduction return petition to proceed.  The father sought to dismiss the petition, arguing that President Trump's July 2020 Executive Order to "suspend or eliminate different … Read More about Case Update (2020): Wan v. DeBolt; Hague Abduction Convention’s application between Hong Kong and the United States after July 2020 Executive Order

Category iconChild Abduction,  Executive Order,  Hague Abduction Convention,  Hong Kong

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