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Case Update (14 March 2026): Kumar v. Tusieseina; child’s habitual residence was Sweden, and child is ordered returned
Case Update (9 March 2026): Armand v. Armand; error to not address process for hearing children when Respondent plead mature child exception and requested interview of children
Case Update (6 March 2026): Pina v. Chavez; Court concludes two children were abused and therefore their return to Mexico would be inappropriate
Case Update (5 March 2026): Gill v. Gill; Nevada has jurisdiction over a child’s custody based on the child’s temporary absence
Case Update (2 March 2026): Powell v. Powell; relocation preconditioned on unpaid support becomes wrongful retention
Case Update (3 March 2026): In re. SS & LS; expert’s views on risk of child abduction not persuasive, and report is not a material change in circumstances
Case Update (19 February 2026): Kladny v. Deza; child with pending asylum petition in US can be returned under Abduction Convention
Case Update (2 Feb 2026): Khadria v. Shaik; more proceedings required before dismissing NJ divorce suit in lieu of Indian divorce suit
Case Update (3 Feb 2026): Aubert v. Poast; District Court has jurisdiction to enter interim measures under ICARA pending appeal
Case Update (23 Jan 2026): Alzu v. Huff; Petitioner failed to prove habitual residence of child was Argentina when child was born in and lived his entire almost 2-year life in Argentina
Case Update (15 Jan 2026): Elliott v. Elliott; dismissal not warranted at early stage of Abduction Convention case; an evidentiary hearing is needed to resolve issues
Case Update (6 Jan 2026): KLD v. SBPH; Sri Lankan divorce decree, entered without notice or due process, is not entitled to recognition as a matter of comity
Case Update (9 Dec 2025): In the Matter of Iankov; Recognition of Bulgarian Divorce to Divest former spouse of interest in estate
Case Update (12 Jan 2026): Queiroz v. Schuenck; deviations from visitation schedule are not abandonment or a grave risk
Case Update (15 Jan 2026): Watt v. White; Abduction Convention petition resolved on summary judgment motion
Case Update (14 Jan 2026): Betancourt Diaz v. Benigno Figueredo; two children, ages 10 and 7, returned to Spain
Case Update (12 Jan 2026): In re Marriage of Chelbi; Parent’s Appeal Dismissed for Failure to Return Child to Texas
Case Update (18 Dec 2025): Tello v. Ahuatl; Mexican Proxy Divorce not Entitled to Comity in Connecticut
Case Update (19 Dec 2025): Jardim v. Paez; Children ordered Returned to Venezuela; Asylum Application pending made their settlement tenuous
Case Update (10 Dec 2025): Fuentes-Lopez v. Garcia; Child is settled in Nevada, and not returned to Mexico
Case Update (10 Dec 2025): Quintero Jaimes v. Tavera; child ordered returned to Colombia under Abduction Convention
Case Update (5 Dec 2025): Na v. Na; abstention was not appropriate; Hague return petition remains in federal court
Case Update (1 Dec 2025): Felberbaum v. Felberbaum; children not returned to Israel; Petitioner did not make out prima facie case
Case Update (4 Nov 2025): Leite v. Leite; recognition of foreign divorce, implications with postnuptial agreement
Case Update (14 Nov 2025): White v. Stover; court determined ameliorative measures in Mexico meant there was no grave risk to children diagnosed with PTSD
Case Update (6 Nov 2025): Bayerlein v. Anderson; Attorney Fee Award Slashed in Hague Abduction Case
Case Update (3 Nov 2025): Ende v. Reynolds; Case Remanded for Findings on South African Proceedings
Case Update (31 Oct 2025): Aubert v. Poast; court divested of jurisdiction cannot order provisional remedies
Case Update (30 Oct 2025): Xamplas v. Xamplas; court did not err in concluding child was settled in Maine, and was not to be returned to Greece
Case Update (31 Oct 2025): Abouelmagd v. Semeniuk; children returned to Canada from New York

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