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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 (20 May 2022): Karim v. Nakato; child returned to England using Hague Abduction Convention

June 7, 2022

Mr. Karim filed a petition for return of his 8-year old daughter from the USA to England on September 7, 2021. Ms. Nakato, the child's mother, had removed the child on or about September 1, 2020. The father, when he arrived home to their shared residence that day, found all the child's belongings … Read More about Case Update (20 May 2022): Karim v. Nakato; child returned to England using Hague Abduction Convention

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  Grave Risk,  Hague Abduction Convention,  mature child,  now settled

Case Update (9 March 2022): Argueta v. Lemus; Hague Abduction Convention return after Taking Parent cannot meet burden of proof on any exception

April 19, 2022

On August 29, 2020, the Mother traveled with the child from Honduras to the United States to visit with a family friend named Bessy. She had a return plane ticket for September 26, 2020, which she never used. Instead, she remained with the child in the USA. The Mother left behind most of her … Read More about Case Update (9 March 2022): Argueta v. Lemus; Hague Abduction Convention return after Taking Parent cannot meet burden of proof on any exception

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  consent,  Grave Risk,  Hague Abduction Convention,  Intolerable situation,  now settled

Case Update (2021): Philantrope v. Jean; Hague Abduction Return; child not settled despite petition being filed 29 months after removal

November 9, 2021

On October 19, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the SD of Florida ordered the parties' minor child returned to Chile. The child's father, alleging violent threats by the mother's boyfriend in Chile, decided to take their child to the United States. Over the course of approximately 3 months in … Read More about Case Update (2021): Philantrope v. Jean; Hague Abduction Return; child not settled despite petition being filed 29 months after removal

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  consent,  custody rights,  Hague Abduction Convention,  now settled,  Right of Custody,  rights of custody

Case Update (2021): de Jesus Joya Rubio v. Alvarez; mature child objection with a psychologist’s report

April 8, 2021

On March 15, 2021, in the case of de Jesus Joya Rubio v. Alvarez, the U.S. District Court for the SD of Florida denied a father's petition to have his 12-year-old son returned to Mexico.  The father proved his prima facie case, so the court shifted its review to the 3 exceptions the respondent … Read More about Case Update (2021): de Jesus Joya Rubio v. Alvarez; mature child objection with a psychologist’s report

Category iconChild Abduction,  Hague Abduction Convention,  mature child,  now settled

Case Update (2021): Bejarno v. Jimenez; immigration status is not dispositive in a now settled analysis

March 16, 2021

In Summer 2020, in Bejarno v. Jimenez, the U.S. District Court for the District of NJ denied a Father's request to have his son returned to Honduras on the basis that the Father had filed his Hague abduction return petition in the courts more than one year after the wrongful removal, and the child … Read More about Case Update (2021): Bejarno v. Jimenez; immigration status is not dispositive in a now settled analysis

Category iconChild Abduction,  Hague Abduction Convention,  immigration,  now settled

Case Update (2020): Romero v. Bahamonde; Hague Abduction; mature child, burden to prove exceptions on Respondent

February 16, 2021

On November 19, 2020, the US District Court for the M.D. of Georgia issued its opinion, denying Mr. Romero's request to return his two children to Chile.  In December 2017, Mr. Romero brought the parties' 2 children to Florida to see his mother, with the intention of remaining until March … Read More about Case Update (2020): Romero v. Bahamonde; Hague Abduction; mature child, burden to prove exceptions on Respondent

Category iconChild Abduction,  consent,  Grave Risk,  Habitual Residence,  Hague Abduction Convention,  immigration,  mature child,  Monasky,  now settled,  undue influence

Case Update (2021): Alfonso VH v. Christina AZ; Hague Abduction Return Petition, Now Settled Exception

January 19, 2021

On January 8, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia denied a return petition brought under the Hague Abduction Convention in the case of Alfonso VH v. Christina AZ on the basis that the minor child is now settled in the United States.The court found that the … Read More about Case Update (2021): Alfonso VH v. Christina AZ; Hague Abduction Return Petition, Now Settled Exception

Category iconChild Abduction,  child's attorney,  child's voice,  Grave Risk,  guardian ad litem,  Hague Abduction Convention,  mature child,  now settled

Case Update (2020): De Carvalho v. Carvalho Pereira; Return of a child to a habitual residence where that child has never lived

December 10, 2020

The recent 1980 Hague Abduction case of De Carvalho v. Carvalho Pereira focused on two key issues: the children's habitual residence and whether the children were now settled in the United States.  The District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the trial court's order to return both children to … Read More about Case Update (2020): De Carvalho v. Carvalho Pereira; Return of a child to a habitual residence where that child has never lived

Category iconChild Abduction,  clear error,  Habitual Residence,  Hague Abduction Convention,  Monasky,  now settled

Case Update (2020): Biagioli Da Silva v. Vieira; Hague Abduction Convention – Right of Custody

October 15, 2020

The case of Biagioli Da Silva et. al. v. Vieira is, in most respects, a run-of-the-mill Hague Abduction return proceeding.  The parents and children were all Brazilian nationals.  The parents separated, divorced, and shared custody in Brazil.  The Father, Biagioli Da Silva, ran into … Read More about Case Update (2020): Biagioli Da Silva v. Vieira; Hague Abduction Convention – Right of Custody

Category icon1980 Convention,  abduction,  Case Update,  Child Abduction,  Grave Risk,  now settled,  Right of Custody,  wrongful retention

Case Update (2020): Da Silva v. De Aredes; Hague Abduction Convention, Return Orders cannot resolve custody

September 24, 2020

Just before I started this blog, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an opinion in the case of Da Silva v. De Aredes (953 F.3d 67 (March 13, 2020)).   There were a few issues that the Respondent Mother (de Aredes) argued on appeal, but ultimately the court affirmed the U.S. … Read More about Case Update (2020): Da Silva v. De Aredes; Hague Abduction Convention, Return Orders cannot resolve custody

Category icon1980 Convention,  abduction,  Case Update,  Child Abduction,  Grave Risk,  now settled

Case Update (2020): Zaoral v. Meza; Hague Abduction Convention, one year and now settled

August 28, 2020

On August 26, 2020, in the case of Zaoral v. Meza, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ordered the return of a 15-year-old child to Venezuela. The parties' youngest child, age 15 at the time of the trial, was the subject of a Venezuelan custody order that gave both parents … Read More about Case Update (2020): Zaoral v. Meza; Hague Abduction Convention, one year and now settled

Category icon1980 Convention,  abduction,  Case Update,  Child Abduction,  Department of State,  Habitual Residence,  now settled,  wrongful retention

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