International movement of children : law practice and procedure / Nigel Lowe, Mark Everall, Michael Nicholls.

Bristol : Family Law ; Jordan Publishing, 2004.

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Parental kidnapping -- Great Britain.

Custody of children -- Great Britain.

Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.

Parental kidnapping -- Prevention -- International cooperation.

Abduction.

Judicial assistance.

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments and guidance

Table of international materials

Table of legislation of other jurisdictions

Part I. Jurisdiction: 1. Introduction and general jurisdictional concepts

2. The background to the Family Law Act 1986 and the council regulation

3. The Family Law Act 1986

4. The current bases of jurisdiction in England and Wales

5. International child custody jurisdiction in the United States

Part II. The lawful movement of children: 6. Restraints on removal

7. International relocation: applications for leave to remove from England and Wales

8. International relocation: the position in some other jurisdictions

Part III. The unlawful movement of children: 9. Preventing child abduction

10. Tracing an abducted child

11. Children abducted within the British Isles

12. International abductions: Hague Abduction Convention: introduction and history

13. International abductions: Hague Abduction Convention: central authorities

14. International abductions: Hague Abduction Convention: convention concepts

15. International abductions: Hague Abduction Convention: declaratory relief

16. International abductions: Hague Abduction Convention: the obligation to return: article 12(1)

17. International abductions: Hague Abduction Convention: the exceptions to the obligation to return

18. International abductions within the European Union: recognition and enforcement under Brussels II

19. International abductions: the European Custody Convention

20. International abductions: non-convention countries

21. International abductions: practice and procedure in England and Wales

22. International abductions: practice and procedure for dealing with incoming applications for return in selected other jurisdictions

23. International abductions: bi-lateral arrangements between states

24. The 1996 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children; Part IV. International access: 25. International access

Appendices: Appendix 1. Legislation

Appendix 2. Sources of further information

Appendix 3. Protocols and guidance

Appendix 4. Precedents for England and Wales.

Includes index.

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