A Child is Missing: The International Child Abduction Blog

In our International Child Abduction Blog we report Hague Convention Child Abduction Cases decided by the US Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts of Appeals, district courts and New York State Courts. We also provide information to help legal practitioners understand the basic issues, discover what questions to ask and learn where to look for more information when there is a child abduction that crosses country boarders.

Recent Hague Convention District Court Cases - Nowlan v Nowlan, 2021 WL 2379815 ( W.D. Virginia, 2021) [Canada] [Habitual residence ] [Petition granted] [Grave risk of harm].

Recent Hague Convention District Court Cases - Kenny v. Davis, 2021 WL 2275983 (D. Alaska, 2021) [Republic of Ireland] [Habitual Residence] [ Petition Denied]

Alvarez Romero v Gajardo Bahamonde, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2021 WL 2104855 ( Eleventh Circuit, 2021)[Chile] [Petition denied][Mature Child][Well-Settled][Grave Risk of Harm]

Jacquety v Baptista, 2021 WL 1885263 (S.D. N.Y., 2021)[Morocco][Grave Risk of Harm][Ameliorative measures][Petition denied]

Lukic v Elezovic, 2021 WL 1904258 ( E.D. New York, 2021) [Montenegro] [Necessary expenses] [Denied] [Clearly inappropriate]

Recent District Court Hague Convention Cases - Rishmawy v Brooks, 2021 WL 1760303 (S.D. Georgia, 2021) [Honduras] [Habitual Residence] [Rights of Custody] [Grave risk of harm] [Petition granted]

Recent Hague Convention District Court Cases - Wan v Debolt, 2021 WL 1733500 ( C.D. Illinois, 2021). [Hong Kong] [Federal & State judicial remedies] [National Security Law for Hong Kong] [Grave risk of harm] [Petition granted]

Bordelais v Bordelais, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2021 WL 1554729 (Mem) (7th Cir., 2021)[Switzerland] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Appeal moot] [Sanctions]

Recent Hague Convention District Court Cases - Dawson v Dylla, 2021 WL 1534608 (D. Colorado, 2021) [United Kingdom] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate merits of the underlying custody dispute][ Petition to enforce a foreign parenting order denied.]

Recent Hague Convention District Court Cases (List)

Saada v Golan, 2021 WL 1176372 (E.D. N. Y.) [Italy] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Stay pending application for certiorari]

Bejarno v Jimeniz, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2021 WL 796404 (Mem) (3rd Cir., 2021)[Honduras][Now-settled] [petition denied]

Lukic v Elezovic, 2021 WL 804384 (E.D. N.Y., 2021)[Montenegro] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Summary judgment] [Petition granted] [Stay denied]

Lukic v Elezovic, 2021 WL 466029 (E.D. N.Y., 2021) [Montenegro] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Summary judgment] [Petition granted]