Child Abduction • Hague Convention Petition • Child Retention Date
Blackledge v. Blackledge, PICS Case No. 17-1288 (3d Circ. May 9, 2017) Krause, J. (38 pages).
The court concluded that for purposes of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the retention date of a child is the date beyond which the noncustodial parent no longer consents to the child’s continued habitation with the custodial parent and seeks to reassert custody rights. The court affirmed an order denying father’s Hague Convention petition.
