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1: Four Italian girls’ Mother cries Wolf one more time | April 14, 2015

The extent of her deception is by now well known to most, especially after it was revealed in sordid detail in a 60 Minutes special last year…

Catchwords: Allegations of Child Abuse, Evidence from Children, Facebook, Facebook, False Allegations, Hague Convention, Hague Convention, International Child Abduction, Parental Alienation, Publication Order, Publication Orders, Recovery Orders, The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

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2: Mother escapes jail but loses custody of 3 y/o child abducted to Europe | May 29, 2014

A mother who abducted her three-year-old son and secreted him to Europe for 2½ years has been handed a 28-day good ­behaviour bond by the ­District Court of NSW…

Catchwords: Allegations of Child Abuse, False Allegations, International Child Abduction, No unacceptable risk, section 65Y of the Family Law Act, Skype, Technology

Japan finally signs Hague convention governing international child custody disputes
3: Japan finally signs Hague convention governing international child custody disputes | January 25, 2014

After years of refusing to sign, Japan on Jan. 24 officially joined the Hague convention that governs cross-border child custody disputes that result from broken marriages…

Catchwords: Family Law Reform, International Child Abduction, The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

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4: Child Abducted from the United States Found Safe in Australia | November 23, 2013

For the past six years, an unassuming home in a quiet pocket of Sunshine Coast suburbia has housed the answer to a two-decade mystery…

Catchwords: International Child Abduction

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5: Japan to finally join Hague Convention on child abduction | March 15, 2013

Japan is finally joining in the 1980 Hague Convention, in which it is required to return abducted children to their usual place of residence in case of failed international marriage…

Catchwords: Child Abduction, Children, International Child Abduction