INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN: An Australian Perspective

In: Family court review: publ. in assoc. with: Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 168-175

Abstract

Justice Kay discusses the abduction of children and the application of the Hague Convention from the Australian perspective. The article begins with an outline of the common law and the appropriate legislation. Signatory nations to the Hague Convention are listed and Australian case law reviewed. Statistics are also given regarding children who have been taken to what nations.