International Movement of Children: Law, Practice and Procedure

The book deals with both lawful movement and abduction of children into and out of the UK, including full coverage of the criminal law. It contains information and case-law from important overseas jurisdictions to enable practitioners to advise parents of abducted children on the likely responses of foreign courts. Also included are relevant source materials and precedents as well as full details of central authorities and other relevant agencies both in the UK and abroad.

*Introduction and summary of the major international instruments involved when dealing with cross-border issues concerning children *Jurisdiction and applicable law *The Revised Brussels II Regulation: Introduction, background, scope and interpretation *Jurisdiction in matters of maternal responsibility governed by the Revised Brussels II Regulation *Jurisdiction and the applicable law in cases governed by the Hague Protection Convention *Jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1986 *The application of wardship and the inherent jurisdiction of the high court *Recognition and enforcement of judgements under the Revised Brussels II Regulation *Recognition and enforcement of judgements under the Hague Protection Convention *Recognition and enforcement of judgements under the European Custody Convention *Recognition and enforcement of orders under the Family Law Act 1986 *International Child Custody Jurisdiction in the United States *International relocation of children *Placing children abroad - the Application of Article 56 of the Revised Brussels II Regulation and Article 33 of the Hague Protection Convention *Preventing child abduction *Tracing an abducted child *The Hague Abduction Convention: Introduction and history *The Hague Abduction Convention: Central authorities *The Hague Abduction Convention: Convention concepts *The Hague Abduction Convention: Declaratory relief *The Hague Abduction Convention: The obligation to return a child *The Hague Abduction Convention: Exceptions to the obligation to return a child - the Article 12 Exception *The Hague Abduction Convention: Exceptions to the obligation to return a child - the Article 13(a) Exceptions *The Hague Abduction Convention: Exceptions to the obligation to return a child - the Article 13(b) Exception *The Hague Abduction Convention: Exceptions to the obligation to return a child - the Child's Objection Exception *The Hague Abduction Convention: Exceptions to the obligation to return a child - the Article 20 Exception Enforcement *The application of the Revised Brussels II Regulation to international child abduction *The application of the Hague Protection Convention to international child abduction *Recovering children brought to England and Wales from a Non-Convention country *Recovering children taken from England and Wales to a Non-Convention country *The role of Children in abduction proceedings *International abduction - Practice and procedure in England and Wales *International access *International aspects of adoption *International aspects of surrogacy