The Justice Department's Response to International Parental Kidnaping: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session ... October 27, 1999

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Page 335 - Changes in Existing Law Made bt the Bill, As Reported In compliance with clause 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) : TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1— GENERAL 101. Definitions For the purposes of this...
Page 328 - (1) the term 'child' means a person who has not attained the age of 16 years; and...
Page 263 - June 1988 the Court : - held, by six votes to one, that there had been a violation of Article 8...
Page 334 - House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed HR...
Page 32 - ... b there is a grave risk that his or her return would expose the child to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place the child in an intolerable situation. The judicial or administrative authority may also refuse to order the return of the child if it finds that the child objects to being returned and has attained an age and degree of maturity at which it is appropriate to take account of its views.
Page 278 - States had also been instrumental in negotiating the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and...
Page 255 - Adoption, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the Hague Convention on...
Page 264 - ... Instance Court amounted to a breach of her right to respect for family life. Comm found unanimously V8. Court found by majority (6-1) V 8. Judges: Mrs E Palm, President, Mr J Casadevall, Mr Gaukur Jorundsson, Mr R Tiirmen, Mrs W Thomassen, Mr R Maruste (pd), Mrs A Diculescu-Sova (pd), ad hoc judge. A 8 included a right for parents to have measures taken with a view to their being reunited with their children and an obligation for the national authorities to take such measures. That obligation...
Page 34 - What greater psychological harm, what more intolerable situation could there be for a child, than to carry the main burden of responsibility in adult court proceedings for deciding between mother and father?

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