Morton v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “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.”

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

2. “This means, for example, that if a court in one jurisdiction has ordered the return of a child and a child is located in another jurisdiction in the United States before that order has been executed, the order shall be given full effect in the second jurisdiction without the need to initiate a new return action there pursuant to the Convention and the Act.”

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

3. “Full faith and credit shall be accorded by the courts of the States and the courts of the United States to the judgment of any other such court ordering or denying the return of a child, pursuant to the Convention, in an action brought under this chapter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 132 F. Supp. 2d 139 - Diorinou v. Mezitis