Madrigal v Tellez, 2015 WL5174046, (WD Texas, 2015) [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Denied] ] [Clearly inappropriate]

Attorneys fees denied. Court declined to shift fees and costs to the mother because of (1) father’s conduct in, inter alia, filing for divorce while the mother and children were in the United States, which, in the Court’s view, meant] that the father came before the Court with unclean hands; and (2) while the mother was not blameless, there was] no indication that she had retained the Children in the United States with the hope of obtaining a more favorable custody determination.

Rehder v Rehder, 2015 WL 4624030 [WD Washington] [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Denied] [Clearly inappropriate]

Attorney fees denied as clearly inappropriate where court found that the mother had “had a mistaken, but nevertheless good faith belief that the parties had agreed that she would take [the child] to the United States.” 

Carlos Javier Escobar Villatoro v Figueredo, 2015 WL 6150769 (MD Florida) [Guatemala] [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Granted]

Attorneys fees and costs.  Referee recommended that necessary costs be granted in part 

Pliego v Hayes, 2015 WL [WD Kentucky] [Turkey] [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Granted]

Fees and Expenses of $100,471.00 awarded to petitioner.                    

Sewald v Reisinger, 2015 WL 6964290 (MD Florida, 2015) [ Germany] [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Granted]

Fees and Costs granted in part and denied in part. Petitioner awarded $6104 in Attorneys fees and $1,116.50 in necessary costs.   

Smedley v Smedley, 2015 WL 5139286 [ED North Carolina] [Germany] [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Granted]

Attorneys Fees and Costs of $7417.00 awarded

Warren v Ryan 2015 WL 4365489 (D.Colorado) [Australia] [Necessary Expenses and Costs] [Granted]

 Petitioner’s motion for attorney fees and costs granted in the amount of $64,984.90.

Guevera v Sota 2015 WL 9484502 (ED Tenn, 2015) [Mexico] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [TRO granted]

Temporary restraining order granted prohibiting child from being removed from Courts jurisdiction.

Shafqat v Malik, 2015 WL 6739797 (D. NJ, 2015) [United kingdom] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Motion for pro bono counsel]

Motion for Pro Bono Counsel filed by pro se Respondents Shafqat Mahmood Malik, Saiqa Yusuf and Qaiser Mahmood Malik (the “Respondents”) granted in part and denied in part.

Sanchez v Sanchez, 2015 WL 3448009 (WD Texas, 2015) [Mexico] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Petition moot]

Petition denied as moot; motion to dismiss granted.                   

Morais-Pierson v Pierson, 2015 WL 2365398 [ND Ohio, 2015] [Brazil] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Motion for default judgment]

Motion for default judgment, upon defendants failure to appear or plead,  denied without prejudice.

Karl v Cifuentes, 2015 WL 4940613 (ED Penn, 2015) [Argentina] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Abstention]

Action dismissed because abstention under Younger v Harris, 401 US 37, 44 (1971) is appropriate in light of ongoing state court custody proceeding.

Garcia v Pinelo , 2015 WL 4910654 (ND Illinois, 2015) [Mexico] [Federal & State Judicial Remedies] [Summary judgment ]

Summary judgment granted in part and denied in part.