In Re Ben Jean Prevot and Arielle Dominique Prevot, the Minor Children. Jean-Claude Prevot v. Debra Moseman Prevot

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• leaving open the question whether \unclean hands\ may be asserted as a \defense\ or exception in a case under the Hague Convention
• pretermitting whether unclean hands could “ever be asserted as a defense by the party opposing the claim for return” but dismissing fugitive’s Hague petition under fugitive disentitlement doctrine as equitable “issue between the claimant and the court” (citation modified)
• Prevot pleaded guilty to theft charge and was sentenced to 10 years’ probation prior to becoming a fugitive
• “A court has the inherent power to manage its docket, subject of course to statutes requiring special treatment for specified types of cases.”
• Hague Convention petition dismissed because petitioner was a fugitive in the United States

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