Sentences with phrase «assumes jurisdiction over the child»

Because the trial judge found that the three Ojeikere children were habitually resident in Nigeria, despite their time in boarding schools and despite their abduction to Ontario, s. 22 (1)(a) of the CLRA provides no basis for an Ontario court to assume jurisdiction over the children.

If Florida has assumed jurisdiction over your child custody case, you must meet the standards in the UCCJEA to move the case to Georgia.

However, Louisiana's order and Louisiana state laws continue to govern the couple's child custody, except under certain circumstances, such as when the new state assumes jurisdiction over the child.

Not exact matches

The ONCA held that the trial judge erred in failing to exercise his discretion to assume jurisdiction under s. 23 of the CLRA, which allows the court to exercise jurisdiction over a child's custody where that child is physically present in Ontario and would suffer serious harm if the child is removed from Ontario.

The court held that the applications judge should have assumed jurisdiction over the custody issue in light of the serious psychological harm that the children would suffer if ordered to return to Egypt.