MacKinnon v. MacKinnon’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[in future proceedings, when a parent raises concerns regarding enforceability, the trial court should pursue alternative solutions to such problems by, for example, encouraging the parties to obtain appropriate orders in the foreign nations or enter into contractual agreements, enforceable overseas, governing visitation arrangements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Moore

2. “concerns implicated by international removal, such as Hague Convention membership, cultural and social concerns, feasibility of visitation, and enforceability of parental rights”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Moore

3. “Although a foreign nation's Hague Convention status is a pertinent factor [in considering the international removal of a child], it is by no means dispositive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Moore