Provisionally permanent? Keeping temporary custody orders temporary under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.

From: University of Pennsylvania Law Review | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: Di Guglielmo, Christine T. | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

In 1980, the Hague Conference on Private International Law (1) created the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (2) (Convention) as an attempt to supply parents with a legal tool to assist them in achieving the return of children removed across international boundaries without consent of the left-behind parents. (3) The Convention has been in force in the United States for more than thirteen years, (4) and a significant body...

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