Distler v. Distler

OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge:

This matter comes before the Court on an application for attorneys fees and costs under 42 U.S.C. § 11607(b)(3) following petitioner’s successful petition before this Court for the return of her children to the State of Israel under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 42 U.S.C. § 11601, et seq. 1 For the reasons stated below, this Court will grant the application for necessary costs as requested by the petitioner, albeit with a few modifications.

I. BACKGROUND

The undisputed facts are as follows. Talia and Kenneth Distler…