Cuellar v. Joyce

ORDER

After Richard Joyce abducted his and Leyda Cuellar’s child from Panama, by way of Australia, Cuellar tracked him down in America and petitioned for the return of the child pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. See Cuellar v. Joyce, 596 F.3d 505, 508 (9th Cir.2010). We ordered the child returned, and Cuellar now petitions for an award of attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred on appeal.

Congress has provided that a court “ordering the return of a child” under the Hague Convention shall award “necessary expenses incurred by or on behalf of…