Legal Opinion
Mendez v. May
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 2015No. 15-1126PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellee Federico Mendez filed a petition pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction (“the Convention”), as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, 22 U.S.C. § 9001 et seq., to return his seven-year-old son C.F.F.M. to Argentina. Petitioner claims that Respondenh-Appellant Maya K. May, the child’s mother, wrongfully removed the child to the United States in February 2014. After a three-day bench trial, the district court granted the father’s petition and ordered the child’s return, reasoning that, inter alia,…
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