than about the best interests of the child when selecting ‘parents’ of that child.

Both parents have emotional bonds with their child. 3. Both parents have sufficient capacity to raise their child.

  The Court also appointed a guardian (Beistand) for the child.

They all lived in Canada when the child was born. 4.

A request was made for the Family Court to urgently declare the child abandoned. 3.

    1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Hague Convention”) entered into

over actual responsibility for the child from the date of his birth.

  However, the father refused to hand over the child to the applicant.

    The child benefit proceedings before the Labour Office 11.

(in the presence of a child psychologist). 4.

Accordingly, on that date he did not have rights of custody in respect of the child.

-K. and the child for more than one year and the child fully accepted him. On 30 December 1993 Ms B.

The result was that neither parent was eligible for child benefit.

move with the child to Germany.

He did not want a child, whereas the first applicant did. She told him that she would take care of the child herself.

(hereinafter referred to as “the child”) was born. 7 .

Article 10 “The Central Authority of the State where the child is shall take or cause to be taken all appropriate measures in order to obtain the voluntary return of the child.”

that the child was crying.

    Whereas, in the case of a child born in wedlock the parents had joint custody, sole custody of a child born out of wedlock was awarded to the mother.