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United States Fourth Circuit


Humphrey v. Humphrey, 04-1036, 04-2242, 04-2465

Denial of a petition under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act seeking return of petitioner-husband's children to the United Kingdom is reversed where petitioner needed to establish the children's "habitual residence" only by a preponderance of the evidence, and not beyond a reasonable doubt.

Appellate Information

  • Argued 12/01/2005
  • Decided 01/10/2006
  • Published 01/10/2006

Judges

  • Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellees:
  • ARGUED:  George Peter Sibley, III, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.  Stephen Douglas Halfhill, Allred, Bacon, Halfhill, Landau & Young, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Maya M. Eckstein, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.
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