Antonia P. Koch v. Dane J. Koch

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• concluding that “the objective facts point[ed] unequivocally” to habitual residence in Germany, even though the parents intended to return to the United States at some point
• recognizing the Pérez-Vera report as the official history of the Hague Convention and an authoritative source of its meaning and scope
• explaining that habitual residence may be established by the shared'actions and intent of the parents, coupled with “the passage of an appreciable amount of time”
• noting that the Kochs had no home to return to in the United States in finding a shared intent to habitually reside in Germany
• noting that the Kochs closed all of their bank accounts in the United States before moving to Germany in finding intent to abandon United States
• holding Germany was children’s habitual residence as parents moved there together with the shared intent to remain for at least three years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).