United States Fourth Circuit

Because the district court erred in its interpretation and application of Scottish law, the court order that defendant return to Scotland pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act ("ICARA"), 42 U.S.C.A. sections 11601-11610 (West 1995) is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2003
• Published 04/15/2003

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Patricia Emily Apy, Paras, Apy & Reiss, P.C., Red Bank, New Jersey, for Appellants.  Stephen John Cullen, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Towson, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF: ON BRIEF:  Jamison G. White, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Washington, D.C.;  Victor S. Skaff, III, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.