On September 19, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ordered the parties' minor child returned to her habitual residence of Japan. The child's father filed his return petition in the court on April 12, 2022. The court found that the child's mother removed the child … Read More about Case Update (19 Sept 2022): Tsuruta v. Tsuruta; Child returned to Japan under Hague Abduction Convention
Case Update (2020): Rodriguez v. Fernandez; Hague Abduction Case, Date of Removal vs. Retention for Assessment of Habitual Residence
The Middle District of Tennessee examined the issue of habitual residence in a "retention" case under the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention in Rodriguez v. Fernandez. In this case, the court weeded through inconsistent testimony taken by remote technology through interpreters and messages that … Read More about Case Update (2020): Rodriguez v. Fernandez; Hague Abduction Case, Date of Removal vs. Retention for Assessment of Habitual Residence