Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
#16
Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
I think it's something many expats don't considering when deciding to leave the UK. What if the marriage breaksdown...or one parent cannot settle and returns to the UK? Unless the spouse agrees the children have to stay in the country of their new residence...unless a court rules otherwise.
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Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
Um actually the Hague Convention applies within the EU as well. There must be some other factor to your SIL's case. Maybe she had sole custody of the kids? Or maybe the British Court ruled that she could return with the children? Or did you brother consent to the move?
#18
Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
She did have sole custody but in the end he consented rather than fight becuase he was advised that if he lost the costs would bankrupt him , oh and she said she'd go anyway and let him fight her in Spain......
#19
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Not in the EU . My ex sister in law is Spanish , when her marriage broke up she swore she would never go back to Spain but after three years she decided to head home and we found out that within the EU she could go and live where she liked . Its been tough on my neice who'd been used to seeing her father / Nonna / cousins everyday and visiting is not easy- although the flights are cheap enough you still need to consider hotels / car hire if he goes there and fit in with school if she comes here . BIL and SIL do not behave very well to each other but both go on and on about '' whats best for J '' which then tends to be what they want .
I didn't know that...bloody EU changing things. Thanks for the info.
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Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
Well there you go. Spain being an EU country did not mean that the Hague convention did not apply. BIL consented to his ex taking the kids back to Spain. If the Italian father of those Italo-Australian kids had consenting to his ex-wife taking the kids to Australia then that would also be OK.
#21
Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
Interesting case...
But anyway in Italian news sites I only found this:
http://affaritaliani.libero.it/crona...lia160512.html
http://www.ilsitodifirenze.it/conten...ambine-contese
and this from Italian speaking canton of Switzerland.
http://www.tio.ch/Estero/News/682087...va-a-rivederle
National news has been busy with bomb in Brindisi and earthquake in Emilia, local elections and such .. hard to say whether it would have made headlines otherwise.
But anyway in Italian news sites I only found this:
http://affaritaliani.libero.it/crona...lia160512.html
http://www.ilsitodifirenze.it/conten...ambine-contese
and this from Italian speaking canton of Switzerland.
http://www.tio.ch/Estero/News/682087...va-a-rivederle
National news has been busy with bomb in Brindisi and earthquake in Emilia, local elections and such .. hard to say whether it would have made headlines otherwise.
#22
Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
Court rules the girls must come back to Italy.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...003-26z60.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...003-26z60.html
#23
Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
just watched the video clip of this on the D Mail and it made me cry
Those poor little girls - they so obviously want to stay with their mum.
This is just cruel.
Those poor little girls - they so obviously want to stay with their mum.
This is just cruel.
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Re: Kids Without Voices thread in the Barbie
Court rules the girls must come back to Italy.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...003-26z60.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...003-26z60.html
ciao for now,
'o nonno