No. 21-1060
Heath Richard Douglas v. Nancy Summers Douglas
Tags: child-abduction family-law habitual-residence hague-convention international-child-abduction international-law settled-purpose wrongful-retention
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Latest Conference:
2022-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
In cases of wrongful retention, must a district court find a settled purpose to abandon a former habitual residence before concluding that a new habitual residence has arisen?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction requires the return of not only a child who was wrongfully removed from the child’s habitual residence, but also a child who was wrongfully retained in a country other than that child’s habitual residence. The question presented is: In cases of wrongful retention, must a district court find a settled purpose to abandon a former habitual residence before concluding that a new habitual residence has arisen?
Docket Entries
2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-11
Reply of petitioner Heath Douglas filed.
2022-03-02
Brief of respondent Nancy Summers Douglas in opposition filed.
2022-01-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 2, 2022)
2021-12-29
Application (21A278) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 3, 2022.
2021-12-20
Application (21A278) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2021 to February 3, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Heath Douglas
Liisa Renee Speaker — Speaker Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
Liisa Renee Speaker — Speaker Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
Nancy Summers Douglas