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Home Is Where the Heart Is: Determining “Habitual Residence” Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Author: Stephen I. Winter (Washington University School of Law)

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Abstract

Part I.A first outlines the three major divisions in habitual residence interpretation within the United States, paying particular attention to the approaches of the Ninth, Sixth, and Third Circuits. Next, Part I.B briefly addresses international trends in habitual residence interpretation among other signatory nations. After analyzing the shortcomings of each approach in Part II, Part III emphasizes a renewed emphasis on the child in all habitual residence determinations

Keywords: Parental kidnapping, International law, Treaties -- Interpretation & construction, Domicile, Child custody, Domicile (Family law), Forum shopping, Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, International

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01 Jan 2010
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