Henry G. Baxter v. Jody Amanda Baxter

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• holding that, even if the parent consented to the removal of the child, the respondent's retention of the child would violate the Hague Convention if such retention breached the terms and conditions of the consent
• concluding that petitioner did not consent to a child’s removal where he agreed to allow the child to visit his grandmother’s house in the U.S. for a few months, but did not establish a firm plan to permanently move
• noting that challenges relating to a parent’s fitness as a guardian are normally reserved for custody proceedings in the home-state’s family court system
• noting that “unsupported allegations between the parties regarding their respective fitness as parents . . . . are normally reserved for a custody proceeding.” (citing Hague Convention, art. 19)
• finding no consent or acquiescence where the petitioner “has vigorously objected [to the removal] and pursued his rights under the Convention”
• finding a lack of financial support over a short period of just a few weeks to be insufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).