Legal Opinion
Altamiranda Vale v. Avila
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2008No. 08-2161PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Vale, seeking the return of his children to Venezuela, filed suit in federal district court against their mother — Avila, his ex-wife — under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11601 et seq. The Act, implementing the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1348 U.N.T.S. 89 (Oct. 25, 1980) (which both the United States and Venezuela have signed), entitles a person whose child has been wrongfully removed to the United States (usually by a parent) in violation of the Hague…
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