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
Case Update (2020): US v. Houtar, international parental kidnapping, whether IPKCA is void for vagueness as applied to a parent who did not “abduct” his children
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of U.S. v. Houtar, recently addressed the issue of whether the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act (IPKCA) was unconstitutionally vague as applied against a father who had not actually abducted his children, but instead retained his children in … Read More about Case Update (2020): US v. Houtar, international parental kidnapping, whether IPKCA is void for vagueness as applied to a parent who did not “abduct” his children