No. 24A896

Maria Elena Swett Urquieta v. John Francis Bowe

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-17
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: article-13-exception best-interests-analysis child-objections hague-convention international-child-abduction wrongful-retention
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the courts below properly applied the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in determining that the child's objections exception under Article 13 precluded return of the child to Chile, or whether the courts improperly conducted a best-interests-of-the-child analysis contrary to the Convention's purpose of restoring the status quo ante without addressing custody merits

Docket Entries

2025-05-12
Application of María Elena Swett Urquieta for a further extension of time submitted.
2025-03-18
Application (24A896) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 22, 2025.
2025-03-13
Application (24A896) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 23, 2025 to May 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

María Elena Swett Urquieta
Richard MinGreen Kaminer Min & Rockmore LLP, Petitioner