Ricardo Acosta v. Anne Marie Acosta

How courts have described this case

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

• “The Hague Convention is not designed to resolve underlying custody disputes, but rather to ensure that such disputes are adjudicated in the appropriate jurisdiction.”
• challenge to factual basis “goes to the credibility of the expert testimony, rather than its admissibility”
• “[I]t is up to the opposing party to examine the factual basis for the opinion in cross-examination.” (quotation omitted)
• The Convention’s “primary purpose is to restore the status quo and deter parents from crossing international borders in search of a more sympathetic court.”
• considera- tion not required in all circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).