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January 1, 2006
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- Recently Decided Cases
- Monasky v. Taglieri, 140 S. Ct. 719 (2020)
- Da Silva v. De Aredes, 953 F.3d 67 (1st Cir. 2020)
- Rubio v. Castro, No. 19-3740, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14905 (2d Cir. May 11, 2020)
- Takeshi Ogawa v. Kyong Kang, 946 F.3d 1176 (10th Cir. 2020)
- Abou-Haidar v. Vazquez, 945 F.3d 1208 (D.C. Cir. 2019)
- Eidem v. Eidem, No. 19-1417, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 36488 (2d Cir. Dec. 10, 2019)
- Watts v. Watts, 935 F.3d 1138 (10th Cir. 2019)
- Saada v. Golan, 930 F.3d 533 (2nd Cir. 2019)
- Grau v. Grau, 780 F. App’x 787 (11th Cir. 2019)
- Taglieri v. Monasky, 907 F.3d 404 (6th Cir. 2018)
- Palencia v. Perez, 921 F.4d 1333 (11th Cir. 2019)
- Pfeiffer v. Bachotet, 913 F.3d 1018 (11th Cir. 2019)
- Monzon v. De La Roca, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 34763 (3d Cir. Dec. 7, 2018)
- Fernandez v. Bailey, 909 F.3d 353 (11th Cir. 2018)
- Taglieri v. Monasky, No. 16-4128, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29178 (6th Cir. Oct. 17, 2018)
- Moreno v. Zank, 895 F.3d 917 (6th Cir. 2018)
- Soto v. Contreras, 880 F.3d 706 (5th Cir. 2018)
- Marks v. Hochhauser, 876 F.3d 416 (2d Cir. 2017)
- Ahmed v. Ahmed, 867 F.3d 682 (6th Cir. 2017)
- Padilla v. Troxell, 850 F.3d 168 (4th Cir. 2017)
- Madrigal v. Tellez, 848 F.3d 669 (5th Cir. 2017)
- Hernandez v. Cardoso, 844 F.3d 692 (7th Cir. 2016)
- Pliego v. Hayes, 843 F.3d 226 (6th Cir. 2016)
- Custodio v. Samillan, 842 F.3d 1084 (8th Cir. 2016)
- Didon v. Castillo, 838 F.3d 313 (3d Cir. 2016)
- Delgado v. Osuna, 837 F.3d 571 (5th Cir. 2016)
- Martinez v. Cahue, 826 F.3d 983 (7th Cir. 2016)
- Berenguela-Alvarado v. Castanos, 950 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2020)
- Alcala v. Hernandez, 826 F.3d 161 (4th Cir. 2016)
- Berezowsky v. Ojeda (Berezowsky II), 652 F. App’x 249 (5th Cir. 2016)
- Tann v. Bennett, 648 F. App’x 146 (2d Cir. 2016)
- Hernandez v. Pena, 820 F.3d 782 (5th Cir. 2016)
- Leon v. Ruiz, No. MO:19-CV-00293-RCG, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43758 (W.D. Tex. Mar. 13, 2020)
- Pope v. Lunday, No. CIV-19-01122-PRW, 2019 WL 711615 (W.D. Okla. Dec. 23, 2019)
- Cunningham v. Cunningham, 237 F. Supp. 3d 1246 (M.D. Fla. 2017)
- Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 398 (Can.)
- Sources of Law and Interpretation
- Case Commentaries
- Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez, 134 S. Ct. 1224 (2014)
- Chafin v. Chafin, 133 S. Ct. 1017 (2013)
- Abbott v. Abbott, 560 U.S. 1 (2010)
- Danaipour v. McLarey (Danaipour I), 286 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002), & Danaipour v. McLarey (Danaipour II), 386 F.3d 289 (1st Cir. 2004)
- Mauvais v. Herisse, 772 F.3d 6 (1st Cir. 2014)
- Mendez v. May, 778 F.3d 337 (1st Cir. 2015)
- Nicolson v. Pappalardo, 605 F.3d 100 (1st Cir. 2010)
- Blondin v. Dubois (Blondin I), 189 F.3d 240 (2d Cir. 1999), & Blondin v. Dubois (Blondin II), 238 F.3d 153 (2d Cir. 2001)
- Souratgar v. Lee, 720 F.3d 96 (2d Cir. 2013)
- Karkkainen v. Kovalchuk, 445 F.3d 280 (3d Cir. 2006)
- Bader v. Kramer (Bader I), 445 F.3d 346 (4th Cir. 2006), & Bader v. Kramer (Bader II), 484 F.3d 666 (4th Cir. 2007)
- Smedley v. Smedley, 772 F.3d 184 (4th Cir. 2014)
- Rodriguez v. Yanez, 817 F.3d 466 (5th Cir. 2016)
- Sanchez v. R.G.L., 761 F.3d 495 (5th Cir. 2014)
- Friedrich v. Friedrich (Friedrich I), 983 F.2d 1396 (6th Cir. 1993), & Friedrich v. Friedrich (Friedrich II), 78 F.3d 1060 (6th Cir. 1996)
- Van De Sande v. Van De Sande, 431 F.3d 567 (7th Cir. 2005)
- Redmond v. Redmond, 724 F.3d 729 (7th Cir. 2013)
- Barzilay v. Barzilay (Barzilay I), 536 F.3d 844 (8th Cir. 2008), & Barzilay v. Barzilay (Barzilay II), 600 F.3d 912 (8th Cir. 2010)
- Cuellar v. Joyce (Cuellar I), 596 F.3d 505 (9th Cir. 2010), & Cuellar v. Joyce (Cuellar II), 603 F.3d 1142 (9th Cir. 2010)
- E.R.S.C. v. Carlwig (In re A.L.C.), 607 Fed. Appx. 658 (9th Cir. 2015)
- In re A.L.C., 607 Fed. App’x 658 (9th Cir. 2015)
- Margain v. Ruiz-Bours, 592 F. App’x 619 (9th Cir. 2015)
- Mozes v. Mozes, 239 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2001)
- West v. Dobrev, 735 F.3d 921 (10th Cir. 2013)
- Gomez v. Fuenmayor, 812 F.3d 1005 (11th Cir. 2016)
- Lops v. Lops, 140 F.3d 927 (11th Cir. 1998)
- Marquez v. Castillo, 72 F. Supp. 3d 1280 (M.D. Fla. 2014)
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