No. 21-5740

Tiffany Becker v. John Minkiewicz

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2021-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: child-abduction child-acclimation custody-dispute habitual-residence hague-convention international-child-abduction international-law parental-agreement parental-intent wrongful-removal
Latest Conference: 2021-11-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Where a child is too young to acclimate to his surroundings, whether a subjective agreement between the infant's parents is necessary to establish his habitual residence under the Hague Convention.

2. Was a child's removal from his mother's care in the United States, where he was born and had lived his entire life, wrongful, after spending 13 months in Mexico with no intention to move there?

3. To what extent should the legal standard and controlling precedent be extended to determine Habitual Residence in Hague Abduction cases?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where a child is too young to acclimate to his surroundings, whether a subjective agreement between the infant's parents is necessary to establish his habitual residence under the Hague Convention

Docket Entries

2021-11-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
2021-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Tiffany Becker
Tiffany Christine Becker — Petitioner