MG v. WZ

OPINION OF THE COURT

Paul, A. Goetz, J.

Petitioner mother, MG, obtained an order of custody on default on April 11, 2011, granting custody of the child DZ (the child), date of birth March 24, 2004, to petitioner. Respondent father, WZ, filed a motion on April 10, 2012, seeking an order reopening the order of custody on default and allowing him to proceed on his petition for return of the child to the Dominican Republic pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention) (TIAS No. 11670, 1343 UNTS 89 [1980]), as implemented by the…