Hasson v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident

In this appeal, we are asked to determine the appropriate country of residence of two minor children. Petitioner Gaby Harkness is a German citizen. Respondent James Edward Harkness is an American citizen enlisted in the United States Army. Both of their minor children apparently have dual citizenship. The other respondents are the childrens paternal grandparents. Pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention), petitioner filed a petition in the circuit court for the return of the two children from their grandparents home in Michigan to the Federal Republic of Germany. The circuit court granted the petition and ordered that the children be returned to petitioners custody. Respondent appeals that order as of right. We affirm.