· 9/14/1999
Haim Shalit v. Cheryl Coppe, A/K/A Cheryl Gardner Shalit
Citations
- 182 F.3d 1124
How courts have described this case
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- concluding parent did not possess custody rights and therefore did not reach whether parent was exercising custody rights
- recognizing that “reconsideration is appropriate only in very limited circumstances”
- applying the choice-of-law provisions only after finding that the children's habitual residence was where the petitioner claimed
- noting that “reconsideration is appropriate only in very limited circumstances”
- finding no abuse of discretion by district court in denying a motion for reconsideration when movant offered no reason for failure to provide the evidence when litigating the underlying motion
- the court entertaining a Hague petition must examine whether the removal or retention of a child was “wrongful” under the law of the child’s habitual residence
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Judges: Lay, Goodwin, McKeown
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