United States Fourth Circuit

Dismissal of visitation claims in a suit under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act is affirmed where the court interpreted the treaty that the Act enabled as granting jurisdiction of visitation claims to the State Department or state courts, and restricting federal jurisdiction to a determination of rights under the treaty.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2006
• Published 03/21/2006

Judges

• Before WIDENER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and R. BRYAN HARWELL, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Stephen John Cullen, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Towson, Maryland, for Appellant.  Patricia Emily Apy, Paras, Apy & Reiss, Red Bank, New Jersey, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Darragh L. Inman, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.