No. 24-1205

Maria Elena Swett Urquieta v. John Francis Bowe

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: child-abduction hague-convention international-law mature-child-defense parental-consent undue-influence
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a parent's continued consent to a child's temporary stay abroad resets the date of wrongful retention under the Hague Convention, and whether a court can invalidate such consent based on its own subjective assessment of 'meaningful' consent

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

are: 1. Whether, under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, a parent ’s continued consent to a child ’s temporary stay ii abroad resets the date of wrongful retention for purposes of Article 12. 2. Whether a court may invalidate a parent’s express consent to a child ’s extended stay abroad based on its own subjective assessment of whether the consent was “meaningful. ” 3. Whether generalized regarding a parent, school, or social life constitute a valid particularized “objection ” sufficient to satisfy the mature child defense under Article 13 of the Hague Convention. 4. Whether “extremely and egregiously toxic” communications between an abducting parent and an abducted child, alongside a child ’s objection that “appeared to emanate ” from the abducting parent, constitute undue influence, thereby invalidating the Article 13 mature-child exception under the Hague Convention. iii STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-20
Waiver of John Francis Bowe of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-20
Waiver of right of respondent John Francis Bowe to respond filed.
2025-05-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 26, 2025)
2025-03-18
Application (24A896) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 22, 2025.
2025-03-13
Application (24A896) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 23, 2025 to May 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

John Francis Bowe
Karen R. KingMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C., Respondent
Karen R. KingMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C., Respondent
Maria Urquieta
Richard MinGreen Kaminer Min & Rockmore LLP, Petitioner
Richard MinGreen Kaminer Min & Rockmore LLP, Petitioner