Valenzuela-Sone v. Barnachea, 2023 ABKB 495, held that the Court has jurisdiction, where appropriate, to grant an interim return-child order where habitually-resident-in-Alberta children have been relocated out of Canada in breach of the Divorce Act’s relocation provisions. By way of background, the parties were married in 1999. They have twin 16-year-old daughters. They physically separated in January 2023....
Max Blitt KC appeared as co-counsel before the Court in Tallinn, Estonia during the last week of April 2023. Originally the case began as a child abduction by the father of his 4-year-old daughter from Tallinn to Edmonton, Alberta. Max Blitt was able to secure the return of the child to Tallinn in November 2020...
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...
Year in Review Update on International Family Law by James Netto & Melissa Kucinski: March 2020. Listen to Webinar View Powerpoint...
Relationships between individuals from different countries are much more common in our world today. If the relationship breaks down and there are children involved, we can have an issue spanning countries! What happens if one parent takes the child to another country without the other parent’s consent? This is international child...
Canada, as a country committed to pluralism, today stands as a beacon of hope for all mankind. At the same time, there is much debate on the role of religion in the public sphere, most particularly in the field of private justice where arbitration and mediation are...
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...