Murphy v. Sloan

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

In this case we consider the significance of a “trial period” of residence on a child’s “habitual residence” under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. 1 Elaine Murphy seeks the return of her child, E.S., to Ireland. We affirm the judgment of the district court that E.S. was a habitual resident of the United States, where she presently resides with her father, William Sloan.

Background 2

Sloan, a citizen of the United States, and Murphy, a citizen of Ireland, were married in California in 2000. They lived together in Mill…