Paz v. Mejia De Paz

OPINION

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

Petitioner Ernesto Enrique Paz filed this petition pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction (hereinafter “Convention”), as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (hereinafter “ICARA”), 42 U.S.C. § 11601 et seq., seeking an order requiring his estranged wife, Carmen Aida Mejia de Paz, to return their daughter, Jordana Bettina Paz Mejia, to New Zealand. For the reasons that follow, Paz’s petition is denied.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner and respondent, both Peruvian natives and citizens, were married in Peru on March…