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We have provided for you information on Hague Convention cases heard in the United States, including case summaries and full-text copies of these cases. The cases listed here are cases in which domestic violence was an issue.

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Renovales v. Roosa, No. FA 91 0392232 S., 1991 WL 204483 (Conn. Super. Ct. Sept. 27, 1991) [Full case text]
In re Marriage of Zadorozny, 853 P.2d 960, 70 Wash. Ct. App. 464 (1993) [Full case text]
In re Ponath, 829 F. Supp. 363 (D. Utah 1993) [Full case text]
Currier v. Currier , 845 F. Supp. 916 (D.N.H. 1994) [Full case text]
Prevot v. Prevot, 855 F. Supp. 915 (W.D. Tenn. 1994) [Full case text]
Hemard v. Hemard, 1995 LEXIS 21465 (N.D. Tex. 1995)
In re Shoshana B., 41 Cal.Rptr.2d 115 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995) [Full case text]
Nunez-Escudero v. Tice-Menley, 58 F.3d 374 (8th Cir. 1995) [Full case text]
In re Prevot, 59 F.3d 556 (6th Cir. 1995) [Full case text]
Journe v. Journe, 911 F. Supp. 43 (D.P.R. 1995) [Full case text]
Harsacky v. Harsacky, 930 S.W.2d 410 (Ky. Ct. App. 1996) [Full case text]
Zarate v. Perez, No. 96 C 50394, 1996 WL 734613 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 23, 1996) [Full case text]
Wojick v. Wojick, 959 F. Supp. 413 (E.D. Mich. 1997) [Full case text]
Ciotola v. Fiocca, 684 N.E.2d 763 (Ohio Com. Pleas 1997) [Full case text]
U.S. v. Amer, 110 F.3d 873 (2d Cir. 1997) [Full case text]
Krishna v. Krishna, No. C. 97-0021 SC., 1997 WL 195439 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 11, 1997) [Full case text]
Sinclair v. Sinclair, 121 F.3d 709 (6th Cir. 1997) [Full case text]
Panazatou v. Pantazatos, No. FA 960713571S., 1997 WL 614519 (Conn. Super. Ct. Sept. 24, 1997) [Full case text]
Wipranik v. Superior Court, 63 Cal. App. 4th 315 (1998) [Full case text]
Blondin v. Dubois (I), 19 F. Supp. 123 (S.D.N.Y. 1998) [Full case text]
In re Walsh, 31 F. Supp. 2d 200 (D. Mass. 1998) [Full case text]
Rodriguez v. Rodriguez, 33 F. Supp. 2d 456 (D. Md. 1999) [Full case text]
Janakakis-Kostun v. Janakakis, 6 S.W.3d 843 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999) [Full case text]
In re the Application of John Walsh, 53 F. Supp. 91 (D. Mass 1999) [Full case text]
Blondin v. Dubois (II), 189 F.3d 240 (N.Y. 1999) [Full case text]
Croll v. Croll, 66 F. Supp. 2d 554 (S.D.N.Y.1999) [Full case text]
Friedrich v. Thompson ("Friedrich III"), No. 1:99-CV-772, 1999 WL 33951234 (M.D.N.C. Nov. 26, 1999) [Full case text]
Blondin v. Dubois (III), 78 F. Supp. 2d 283 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) [Full case text]
Tabacchi v. Harrison, No. 99 C 4130, 2000 WL 190576 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 10, 2000) [Full case text]
Turner v. Frowein, 752 A.2d 955 (Conn. 2000) [Full case text]
Dalmasso v. Dalmasso, 9 P.3d 551 (Kan. 2000) [Full case text]
Walsh v. Walsh, 221 F.3d 204 (Mass. 2000) [Full case text]
Ostevoll v. Ostevoll, No. C-1-99-961, 2000 WL 1611123 (S.D. Ohio Aug. 16, 2000) [Full case text]
March v. Levin (I), 136 F. Supp. 2d 831 (M.D. Tenn. 2000) [Full case text]
Whallon v. Lynn, 230 F.3d 450 (1st Cir. 2000) [Full case text]
In re Tsarbopoulos, No. 00-35393, 2000 WL 1721800 (9th Cir. Nov. 17, 2000) [Full case text]
England v. England, 234 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. 2000) [Full case text]
Diorinou v. Mezitis, 132 F. Supp. 2d 139 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) [Full case text]
Blondin v. Dubois (IV), 238 F.3d 153 (2d Cir. 2001) [Full case text]
People ex rel. Ron v. Levi, 279 A.D.2d 860 (N.Y.A.D. 2001) [Full case text]
Koc v. Koc, 181 F. Supp. 2d 136 (E.D.N.Y 2001) [Full case text]
Miller v. Miller, 240 F.3d 392 (4th Cir. 2001) [Full case text]
March v. Levine (II), 249 F.3d 462 (6th Cir. 2001) [Full case text]
Salah v. Awes, 629 N.W.2d 99 (Minn. Ct. App. 2001) [Full case text]
Fabri v. Pritikin-Fabri, 221 F. Supp. 2d 859 (N.D. Ill. 2001) [Full case text]
Tsarbopoulos v. Tsarbopoulos, 176 F. Supp. 2d 1045 (E.D. Wash. 2001) [Full case text]
Danaipour v. McLarey (I), 183 F. Supp. 2d 311 (D. Mass. 2002) [Full case text]
Gil v. Rodriguez, 184 F. Supp. 2d 1221 (M.D. Fla. 2002) [Full case text]
Edwards v. Edwards, 254 Ga. App. 849 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002) [Full case text]
Danaipour v. McLarey, 286 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002) [Full case text]
Silverman v. Silverman, No. CIV. 00-2274(JRT), 2002 WL 971808 (D. Minn. May 9, 2002) [Full case text]
Mendez Lynch v. Mendez Lynch , 220 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (M.D. Fla. 2002) [Full case text]
Velez v. Mitsak, 89 S.W.3d 73 (Tex. Ct. App. 2002) [Full case text]
Delvoye v. Lee, 224 F. Supp. 2d 843 (D.N.J. 2002) [Full case text]
Nadarajan v. Sandra, No. B155305, 2002 WL 31586632 (Cal. App. 2 dist. Nov. 20, 2002) [Full case text]
In re Vernor, 94 S.W.3d 201 (Tex. App. 2002) [Full case text]
Silverman v. Silverman (II), 312 F.3d 914 (8th Cir. 2002) [Full case text]
Menechem v. Frydman-Menachem, 240 F. Supp. 2d 437 (D. Md. 2003) [Full case text]
Whallon (II) v. Lynn, No. Civ. 00-11009-RWZ, 2003 WL 1906174 (D. Mass. Apr. 18, 2003) [Full case text]
Antunez-Fernandes v. Connors-Fernandes, 259 F. Supp. 2d 800 (N.D. Iowa 2003) [Full case text]
Aldinger v. Segler, 263 F. Supp. 2d 284 (D.P.R. 2003) [Full case text]
Belay v. Getachew, 272 F. Supp. 2d 553 (D. Md. 2003) [Full case text]
Silverman v. Silverman (III), 338 F.3d 886 (Minn. 2003) [Full case text]
Gitter v. Gitter, No. 03-CV-3374 (DGT), 2003 WL 22775375 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 20, 2003) [Full case text]
Hasan v. Hasan, No. Civ.A. 03-11960-GAO, 2005 WL 57073 (D. Mass. Jan. 13, 2004) [Full case text]
Whallon v. Lynn, 356 F.3d 138 (1st Cir. 2004) [Full case text]
Furnes v. Reeves, 362 F.3d 702 (11th Cir. 2004) [Full case text]
In re Lewin, No. 03-04-00229-CV, 2004 WL 1193951 (Tex. App. May 27, 2004) [Full case text]
Locicero v. Lurashi, 321 F. Supp. 2d 295 (D.P.R. 2004) [Full case text]
Danaipour v. McLarey, 386 F.3d 289 (1st Cir. 2004) [Full case text]
In re Leslie, 377 F. Supp. 2d 1232 (S.D. Fla. 2005) [Full case text]
In re D.D., 440 F. Supp. 2d 1283 (M.D. Fla. 2006) [Full case text]
Baran v. Beaty, 479 F. Supp. 2d 157 (S.D. Ala. 2007) [Full case text]
In re Application of Ariel Adan v. Elena Ester Avans, 2008 WL 436881 for facts, see 2007 WL 2212711(D.N.J.) [Full case text]

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