This case explored the question of whether a parental agreement reached while the children were in utero could establish habitual residence in a place where the children had never been.
This case comes from the Supreme Court of Canada. Although not binding in the U.S. courts, the Canadian court’s analysis considers U.S. precedent and may be of interest to U.S. courts.
Habitual Residence | Unilateral Change of Residence
Margaret S. Williams, Jason A. Cantone, Emery G. Lee
October 28, 2019
This pocket guide was created to provide multidistrict transferee judges with an overview of the use of fact sheets. Fact sheets (either plaintiff or defendant) are one of many case-management tools available to transferee judges.