Wiezel v. Wiezel-Tyrnauer

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

ROBINSON, District Judge.

This action presents the novel question of whether the Hague Convention, which grants district courts the authority to order the return of children who have been wrongfully removed from their country of habitual residence, also authorizes district courts to grant access or visitation rights to a parent who alleges that his custody rights have been violated, but who nevertheless does not seek the return of his children. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that our jurisdiction does not extend to deciding the degree or contours of…