Legal Opinion
Marina Mezitis Diorinou v. Nicholas H.E. Mezitis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 9, 2001No. 2000PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal, concerning the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Hague Convention” or “Convention”), involves a request by a mother for an order requiring a father to return their two children to Greece, the country from which he removed them earlier this year. The principal issue is the deference that a United States court considering a Hague petition should accord to a judgment of another country adjudicating a prior Hague petition, in this instance, a petition unsuccessfully brought by the father in an attempt to challenge…
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