“I am proud to have presented with my esteemed colleagues, Max Blitt from Calgary, Jeremy Morley from New York and esteemed associate, Tiffany Guo on the important issue of grave risk of harm and domestic violence under The Hague child abduction Convention at the 62nd AFCC Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana!”~ Michael...
Max Blitt KC will be co-presenting on the issue of domestic violence and the grave risk of harm defence under the Hague Child Abduction Convention at the AFCC 62nd Annual Conference in May 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Watch for the...
In the recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision in MacDermid v. Aqunio, 2024 ABCA 202, the court upheld the trial judge’s ruling, dismissing the father’s application seeking a ruling under the Hague Convention on Child Abduction that the children’s habitual residence was the Dominican Republic, and that the mother had wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained the children in Canada....
On December 22, 2023, the writer was successful in securing a costs award of 60% of my client’s legal fees. Our client, the left behind father in Denmark, brought a successful Hague Convention Application for the return of his two children to Copenhagen. The mother has remained in Alberta, no doubt because there is a...
On January 24, 2023, Max Blitt KC and Professor Nicholas Bala of Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, made a presentation on behalf of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario. The topic was ‘International Child Abduction & The Hague Convention: Canadian Context, Law & Practice. See the PDF...
Max Blitt QC- Alberta and Prof. Nicholas Bala-Queen’s University, Ontario will be presenting at the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario Conference June 16-17, 2022, on International Cross-Border Mediation Training. They will provide an Overview of International Law for Children: Child Abduction & Relocation Law, The Fundamentals of the Hague Abduction Convention. See – FDRIO...
On 11 July 2019, Barbados deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Child Abduction Convention”). The Child Abduction Convention, which now has 101 Contracting Parties, will enter into force for Barbados on 1 October 2019. Go to...
Max Blitt QC delivers a presentation at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Conference in Washington DC on June 7, 2018 on ‘Reducing the Trauma for Children in Hague Convention Child Abduction...
The long anticipated case from the SCC has arrived regarding the key issue of Habitual Residence and the defense under Article 13, where a child objects to returning to his or her habitual residence. Up until the SCC’s ruling today, the approach to determining...
HCCH: Hague Conference on Private International Law Guide to Good Practice on Article 13(1)(B) of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child...