United States Second Circuit

Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, courts are not required to give foreign court decisions full faith and credit but should accord such court decisions considerable deference as a matter of comity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2001
• Published 01/09/2001

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, KEARSE, and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stuart F. Gartner,Gartner, Bloom & Greiper, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief for respondent-appellant., Robert D. Arenstein, New York, NY, on the brief for petitioner-appellee.