Slagenweit v. Slagenweit

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• concluding that the parties “mutually agreed” the child would stay in the respondent’s custody for an indefinite period of time
• noting that the three-and-a-half year-old girl acclimatized for nine months in United States
• noting the child’s acclimatization with the Iowa community in finding it to be her habitual residence
• while developmentally disabled child would experience some adjustment difficulties, problems would be temporary and not have long-lasting effect; no allegations of abuse
• “In determining habitual residency, ‘a court must look back in time, not forward.... Future plans are irrelevant to our inquiry.’ ”
• “The wrongful retention does not begin until the noncustodial parent ... clearly communicates her desire to regain custody and asserts her parental right to have [her child] live with her.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).