Velez v. Mitsak

This appeal concerns the Hague Convention ("Convention") as implemented by the United States in the International Child Abduction Remedies Act ("ICARA"), and involves a request by a father for an order requiring a mother to return their child to Spain, the country from which the child was removed in 1999. The issue is whether the trial court erred in according full faith and credit to an Italian judgment that adjudicated a prior Convention petition and ordered the child returned to Spain. We reverse and remand.