Archive for January 2018
Recent case: Hague Convention
M.H.S. v S.M.G.T. 2015 CarswellBC 2351 In this case, the father of twins wrongfully removed them from Mexico to British Columbia. One twin has autism. When the mother brought an application under the Hague Convention for the return of the children, the father argued that they should not be returned to Mexico because the child…
Read moreWhat is the Hague Convention and how can it help if my ex-partner takes our children out of Canada?
The Hague Convention is a tool to assist in having children returned who have been wrongfully removed from one jurisdiction that has signed the Convention to another that has also signed it. It is an international treaty, the full name of which is the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which Canada…
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