Habitual Residence | Wrongful Retention | Child’s Objection to Return
In this case, a mother filed a petition for the return of her child to Canada after the father refused to send the child back from the United States after a visit.
This report evaluates the use of certified questions of state law between 2010 and 2018 in three U.S. circuit courts of appeal: the Ninth, Sixth, and Third Circuits. The data shows variation in the rate of certification and timing of certification events between the circuits.