At the end of its term last week, the U.S. Supreme court granted review in Lozano v. Alvarez to consider the issue of “equitable tolling” in cases under Article 12 of the Hague Child Abduction Convention. The opinion from the Second Circuit, which refused to permit tolling, is at 697 F.3d 41 (2d Cir.
Japan votes to ratify Child Abduction Convention
With a unanimous vote today in the upper house of the Diet, Japan’s parliament has agreed to ratification of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. News outlets reporting the developments in Japan include the BBC, Wall Street Journal,
Supreme Court decides Chafin v. Chafin
The US Supreme Court decided its second case under the Hague Child Abduction Convention on February 19, with its ruling in Chafin v. Chafin 568 U.S. ___, 133 S.Ct. 1017 (2013). The case resolved a split among the circuits of the federal Court of Appeals, but the Court had an easy time deciding the central issue, ruling unanimously that the return of a child under the Convention does not moot an appeal of the trial court’s return order, as long as there is something at stake for the party seeking to appeal.
Preview 2013: Chafin v. Chafin
The United States Supreme Court is expected to rule this spring on Chafin v. Chafin, a case under the Hague Child Abduction Convention that was argued on December 5. Previous posts are here and here.
Korea joins Abduction Convention
With the accession of the Republic of Korea earlier this month, the Hague Child Abduction Convention now has a total of 89 contracting states. The Convention will enter into force in Korea on March 1, 2013.
Hague Abduction Arguments in Supreme Court
This week marked the second appearance of the Hague Child Abduction Convention in the U.S. Supreme Court, with the oral arguments in Chafin v. Chafin (see my previous post here).
New Supreme Court Term
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new Term today with a Hague Child Abduction case on the docket, set for argument on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Chafin v.
Two more countries join the Child Protection Convention
New Book on Abduction Convention
Jeremy Morley has just published The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers (2012). It’s available here from ABA Publishing.
Supreme Court Takes New Hague Abduction Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Chafin v. Chafin, docket number 11-01347, to address a circuit split as to whether an order returning a child under the Hague Abduction Convention renders an appeal of that order moot. Chafin comes from the Eleventh Circuit, which treats such appeals as moot, see Bekier v. Bekier, 248 F.3d 1051 (11th Cir.