When Hague Convention Intersects with Domestic Law

Michael Stangarone, Kristy Maurina, Alice Parama | Oct 2020

When a return application is brought in Ontario following a child's abduction, the court must determine whether to proceed under the Hague Convention of Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention) or s. 40 of the Children's Law Reform Act.


Although similar in many respects, the two applications have fundamental differences...


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