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  • Added on: 14 March 2024 |Superior Appellate Court

    F. J. G. J. c/ G. M. D. S. S. s/ RESTITUCIÓN INTERNACIONAL |VENEZUELA |HC/E/VE 1579

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    Grounds

    Removal and Retention - Arts 3 and 12 | Rights of Custody - Art. 3 | Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b) | Human Rights - Art. 20 | Jurisdiction Issues - Art. 16 | Procedural Matters

    Order

    Appeal allowed, return ordered

    Article(s)

    3 12 13(1)(b) 16 20

    Synopsis

    Wrongful retention of a 1-year-old girl – separated parents – Spanish father – Venezuelan mother – the custody rights were jointly exercised – the girl lived in Spain until July 2011 – the return request was filed before the Spanish courts on 12 July 2011 – Appeal allowed, return ordered – Main issues: removal and retention, rights of custody, grave risk, human rights, jurisdiction issues, procedural matters - removal was not wrongful, but retention was, since the father did not authorise the girl’s permanent stay in Venezuela – both parents had custody rights under Spanish law – the mother did not establish the grave risk circumstances claimed – the girl’s return did not violate any Venezuelan fundamental principle on human rights protection – who is the right parent to have custody should not be discussed within return proceedings; on the contrary, this type of proceeding is concerned with whether there was a wrongful removal or retention – measures were taken to secure the safe return  of the child to Spain and the parents were encouraged to resort to mediation

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  • Added on: 30 January 2024 |First Instance

    Saada v. Golan 18-CV-5292 (AMD) (RML)|UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |HC/E/US 1578

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    Grounds

    Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b)

    Order

    Return refused

    Article(s)

    13(1)(b)

    Ruling

    Return refused.

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  • Added on: 30 January 2024 |Superior Appellate Court

    Golan v. Saada, 142 S. Ct. 1880, 1889, 213 L. Ed. 2d 203 (2022)|UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |HC/E/US 1577

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    Grounds

    Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b)

    Order

    Case remitted to lower court

    Article(s)

    13(1)(b)

    Ruling

    A court is not categorically required to examine all possible ameliorative measures before denying a Hague Convention petition for return of a child to a foreign country once the court has found that return would expose the child to a grave risk of harm.

    Case remanded to District Court to determine whether the measures considered are adequate to order return in light of the District Court’s factual findings concerning the risk to the child, bearing in mind that the Convention sets as a primary goal the safety of the child.

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  • Added on: 29 January 2024 |First Instance

    R.G. v. K.G., 2019 NBQB |CANADA |HC/E/CA 1576

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    Grounds

    Non-Convention Issues | Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b)

    Order

    Return ordered

    Article(s)

    13(1)(b) 20

    Ruling

    Return ordered.

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  • Added on: 29 January 2024 |First Instance

    Borisovs v. Kubiles, 2013 ONCJ 85|CANADA |HC/E/CA 1575

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    Grounds

    Non-Convention Issues | Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b) | Human Rights - Art. 20 | Objections of the Child to a Return - Art. 13(2)

    Order

    Return refused

    Article(s)

    13(1)(b) 13(2) 20

    Ruling

    Return Refused.

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  • Added on: 29 January 2024 |First Instance

    G.B. v. V.M., 2012 ONCJ 745|CANADA |HC/E/CA 1574

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    Grounds

    Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b) | Non-Convention Issues

    Order

    Return ordered

    Article(s)

    3 13(1)(b)

    Ruling

    Return ordered.

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  • Added on: 29 January 2024 |First Instance

    Aza v. Zagroudnitski, 2014 ONCJ 293|CANADA |HC/E/CA 1573

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    Grounds

    Non-Convention Issues | Settlement of the Child - Art. 12(2) | Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b) | Objections of the Child to a Return - Art. 13(2)

    Order

    Return ordered

    Article(s)

    12 13(1)(b) 13(2)

    Ruling

    Return ordered.

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  • Added on: 18 January 2024 |Appellate Court

    Toiber v. Toiber, [2006] OJ No 1191 (QL)|CANADA |HC/E/CA 1572

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    Grounds

    Non-Convention Issues

    Order

    Appeal dismissed, return ordered

    Ruling

    Appeal dismissed, return ordered.

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  • Added on: 14 January 2024 |First Instance

    Karim v. Nakato 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90969|UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |HC/E/US 1571

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    Grounds

    Settlement of the Child - Art. 12(2)

    Order

    Return ordered

    Article(s)

    3 12 13(1)(a) 13(2)

    Ruling

    Return ordered. The Court did not find that the father had consented or acquiesced to the removal of the child from the United Kingdom and the mother did not provide enough evidence to make out an exception to return under Article 13(2) (child’s objections), Article 13(1)(b) (grave risk of harm) or Article 12 (settlement of the child).

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  • Added on: 14 January 2024 |Appellate Court

    Ajami v. Solano, No. 20-5283 (6th Cir. 2022)|UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |HC/E/US 1570

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    Grounds

    Grave Risk - Art. 13(1)(b)

    Order

    Appeal dismissed, return ordered

    Article(s)

    13(1)(b)

    Ruling

    Appeal dismissed, return ordered. The Court held that the district court had the authority to order the return of the children, regardless of their asylum status, as the evidentiary burdens for the Convention differ from asylum proceedings.

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