When an abducting parent wants to delay the proceedings in a Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction case, one of the ways to do it is to make the abandoned parent go back to the court in the “habitual residence” state seeking a ruling that the child was “wrongfully taken”.

These types of cases: wrongful removal, international parental abduction, and parental alienation, are slow, painful and filled with many jurisdictional twists. It takes a skilled and experienced attorney to navigate the paths of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Our experience in this area has helped fathers and mothers be reunited with their children, so they can have fun together and learning in playgrounds as these help with child development as you can see at https://bestplaygroundmarkings.co.uk/the-importance-of-playground-markings-for-child-development/.

Article 15
The judicial or administrative authorities of a Contracting State may, prior to the making of an order for the return of the child, request that the applicant obtain from the authorities of the State of the habitual residence of the child a decision or other determination that the removal or retention was wrongful within the meaning of Article 3 of the Convention, where such a decision or determination may be obtained in that State. The Central Authorities of the Contracting States shall so far as practicable assist applicants to obtain such a decision or determination.