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Child Abduction Appeal: Return to Italy Upheld; No Oral Hearing Required; Autonomous Interpretation of Habitual Residence Confirmed

Case Number 22 03 4
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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In an appeal concerning a Hague Convention child abduction case, the court upheld the decision ordering the child's return to Italy, finding no entitlement to an oral hearing under either the Convention or the European Convention on Human Rights, as the proceeding was summary enforcement, not a determination of custody. Furthermore, the court ruled that the term "habitual residence" under the Convention must be interpreted autonomously, based on criteria focusing on the child's actual center of life, including the duration and qualitative nature of the stays, concluding that despite time spent in the appealing parent's location due to work, the child's primary center of life, defined by attachment to both parents, remained in Italy, which was also the place of habitual residence prior to the potentially wrongful removal.

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Art. 6 Ziff. 1 EMRK; Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ; § 272 Abs. 1 ZPO. Im Rückführungsverfahren gemäss dem Haager Übereinkommen über die zivilrechtlichen Aspekte internationaler Kindesentführung (HEntfÜ) besteht kein Anspruch auf eine mündliche Verhandlung. Der Begriff des gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts gemäss Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ ist vertragsautonom auszulegen. Kriterien zur Bestimmung des gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts. | Zivilrecht

Keywords

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return under Hague Convention habitual residence of child hearing of the child return of the child stay of removal international child abduction

Cited Legislation

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Art. 6 Ziff. 1 EMRK
Leitsatz: · Art. 6 Ziff. 1 EMRK; Art.
Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntf
1 EMRK; Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ; § 272 Abs.
Art. 11 HEntf
Art. 1 HEntf
Art. 19 HEntf
Art. 20 Abs. 1 lit. b IPRG
Art. 85 IPRG
Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ
This provision concerning the habitual residence of the child was central to the court's assessment of the substantive appeal grounds, which were ultimately deemed unfounded.
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Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ

This provision concerning the habitual residence of the child was central to the court's assessment of the substantive appeal grounds, which were ultimately deemed unfounded.

§ 272 Abs. 1 ZPO

Cited to confirm that the court decides in appeal proceedings based on written submissions and files, justifying the rejection of the request for an oral hearing.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · II. Kammer

Rechtsgebiet: · Zivilrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 14.02.2003

Fallnummer: · 22 03 4

LGVE: · 2003 I Nr. 1

Leitsatz: · Art. 6 Ziff. 1 EMRK; Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ; § 272 Abs. 1 ZPO. Im Rückführungsverfahren gemäss dem Haager Übereinkommen über die zivilrechtlichen Aspekte internationaler Kindesentführung (HEntfÜ) besteht kein Anspruch auf eine mündliche Verhandlung. Der Begriff des gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts gemäss Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. a HEntfÜ ist vertragsautonom auszulegen. Kriterien zur Bestimmung des gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.