Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. Miranda
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 18, 2009No. 08-55067PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
It is never an easy nor a joyous task to resolve a dispute between parents that may determine the custody of their child; nor is the outcome ever fully satisfactory. Frequently, both sides offer appealing, indeed compelling, arguments. Yet, both cannot prevail. Hague Convention cases are surely no exception to that rule. Nevertheless, we must decide here whether a child of Mexican origin, whose mother wrongfully retained her in the United States, should be allowed to stay in her current home while custody proceedings are conducted in the United States, or…
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