This guide is designed to assist federal and state judges in dealing with proceedings for the return of children under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Grave Risk Defense | Child’s Objection to Return | Role of Trial Court
In this case, after being left in the father’s care for two years, a child was removed from Brazil by his maternal aunt and taken to Massachusetts to live with his mother.
In this case, a motion to set aside judgment under Rule 60(b) was denied for failure to raise material disputed fact. The party must show evidence of a disputed material to support a motion to set aside a judgment based on newly discovered evidence.
In this case, the Seventh Circuit addressed the loss of jurisdiction when a child turns sixteen years of age and whether sanctions were warranted for a frivolous appeal.