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· 7/31/2012

Evelyn Larbie v. Derek Larbie

Citations

  • 690 F.3d 295
  • 2012 WL 3089773
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 15789

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the Hague Convention is meant to deter parents from engaging in international forum shopping in custody cases
  • holding that, for a twenty-three-month-old child who had lived exclusively in Texas prior to his mother taking him to the United Kingdom, where she was a permanent resident, the United States \was indisputably his habitual residence before his arrival in the U.K.\
  • finding that mother acquiesced to U.S. court making final custody determination by filing a counterclaim in custody dispute and participating in proceedings
  • noting that the inquiry into a child’s habitual residence “is a fact-intensive determination that necessarily varies with the circumstances of each case”
  • vacating re­ turn order following appeal in which no stay was sought
  • vacating return order following appeal in which no stay was sought

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Judges: King, Prado, Haynes

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