Cartes v. Phillips

*672MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Kenneth M. Hoyt, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves the alleged wrongful removal of one minor child, O.C. P., from Paraguay, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the “Convention”)1 and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (“ICARA”), 22 U.S.C. § 9003 et seq. More specifically, the petitioner, Sebastian C. Cartes (“the petitioner”), initiated an action in this Court, pursuant to the Convention, seeking the return of his three year old daughter, O.C.P., asserting that on or about…