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We are very experienced in dealing with parental child abduction cases. This is where a child has been unlawfully removed from a country and/or retained there. Sometimes this involves children being taken out of England & Wales and retained in another jurisdiction. But on other occasions the children are brought and unlawfully retained here. Expert international family law advice is needed in child abduction cases and it is vital to act quickly.
If you fear your child is to be abducted then the following urgent steps may need to be considered, by way of an example only:
In such a case much will depend on the relevant countries involved and whether European Union (EU) rules apply and/or 1980 Hague Convention on Child Abduction applies.
This can involve:
International Family Law
Divorce Finances
Certain defences are available but can be narrowly interpreted and relate to:
We are experts in child abduction cases for more than 20 years. James Maguire is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and is a member of the Law Society’s Child Abduction Panel. He is also on the panel for a number of embassies including the US Embassy and British Consulates overseas.
We are family lawyers in England and Wales who concentrate on international divorce and family law issues. We are not lawyers in other jurisdictions, and we work with independent international family lawyers around the world.
