Innes Ex Rel. Innes v. Marzano-Lesnevich

Plaintiff Peter Innes and his wife, Maria Jose Carrascosa, were involved in a contentious divorce and custody battle over their daughter Victoria. During the course of their domestic relations litigation, the parties entered into an agreement whereby Carrascosa’s attorneys would hold Victoria’s United States and Spanish passports in trust to restrict travel outside of the United States with Victoria without written permission of the other party (the Agreement).1 Nevertheless, Carrascosa’s attorneys released Victoria’s United States passport to Carrascosa, who used it to remove Victoria to…