Lang v. Lang
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
Involved in this habeas corpus proceeding is the custody of two Swiss boys, aged 10 and 8. Their parents, also of Swiss nationality, were married, lived, and were divorced in Switzerland. The Swiss courts first awarded custody to the mother, and then, for cause, transferred custody to the father. *403The children were spirited away by the mother, in violation of Swiss law, from Switzerland to New York. The father, after invoking the aid of the New York courts to recover the custody of both children, in turn, spirited away the younger boy back to Switzerland with him in violation of the…
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