AVENDANO v. BALZA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS * IN RE the application of VERONICA LUZ * MALAVER AVENDANO, * * Plaintiff/Petitioner, * * Civil Action No. 19-cv-10660-ADB v. * * LEONARDO ALFONZO BLANCO BALZA, * * Defendant/Respondent. * * FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW BURROUGHS, D.J. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Veronica Luz Malaver Avendano (“Avendano”) filed a petition for the return of her eleven-year-old son, G*,1 to Margarita Island, Venezuela, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Hague Convention”), as implemented by…