Palomo v Howard, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2020 WL 3989461 (Mem) (4th Cir., 2020) [Spain] [Petition granted]

In Palomo v Howard, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2020 WL 3989461 (Mem) (4th Cir., 2020) (not selected for publication) Olga Rodriguez Palomo, a citizen and resident of Spain, commenced an action against Donald Ray Howard, a citizen and resident of the United States, seeking the return of their son pursuant to Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and International Child Abduction Remedies Act. After a trial, the district court found for Palomo and ordered that the child be returned to his mother’s custody in Spain. Howard appeals. The Fourth Circuit reviewed the district court’s factual findings for clear error and its legal conclusions regarding domestic, foreign, and international law de novo. It reviewed the record and the district court’s thorough opinion and order and found no reversible error. It affirmed for the reasons stated by the district court. Palomo v. Howard, 426 F.Supp.3d 160 (M.D.N.C. 2019). It dispensed with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions were adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.