Legal Opinion

United States v. Ayangade

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 7, 2010No. 08-4290PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Sunday Ayangade was charged under the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act with interfering with the parental rights of his former wife by removing their two children from the United States. 18 U.S.C. § 1204. Despite ongoing marriage-dissolution and custody proceedings in Indiana state court, Ayangade took the children to Nigeria and gave his brother legal guardianship over them under Nigerian law. Upon his return to the United States, Ayangade was arrested, pleaded guilty to one charge of parental kidnapping, and received a sentence of 24 months’ imprisonment and a $ 2,000 fine.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  2. United States v. VonnSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. United States v. Robert Schuh, Lisa Nolen, and Curtis LaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. Larry D. KnoxCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  5. United States v. Gary R. GeorgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by1 opinion

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