best interests of the children

• Interpreting the Hague Convention On International Child Abduction: Why American Courts Need to Reconcile the Rights of Non-Custodial Parents, the Best Interests of Abducted Children, and the Underlying Objectives of the Hague Convention

The global problem of wrongful removal or retention of a child by a parent was not officially recognized until the late 1970s, when the international community drafted the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in 1980. The Convention serves as the primary civil judicial remedy for international parental abductions of children under the age of sixteen. The US ratified this treaty and enacted the International Child Abduction Remedies Act of 1988 to bring the Convention into force. Here, Wills argues for a uiniform, consistent interpretation and treatment of Hague Convention cases regarding custody rights, access rights, and ne exeat rights.

• Review of Litigation, The
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 2, April 2006

• In re D.A., (Ohio 2012)

The trial court’s findings that an award of permanent custody of appellant’s minor children to a children services agency pursuant to findings under R.C. 2151.414(E)(4) and (14) and a determination of the best interests of the children under R.C. 2151.414(D)(1) is supported by clear and convincing evidence in the record.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Wallace v. Willoughby, (Ohio 2011)

Defendant-Appellant, Amber Willoughby, appeals the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County, Juvenile Division, granting Plaintiff-Appellee, William Wallace, IV, residential parent status of their two children, William Wallace, V, (“William”) and Seth Wallace (“Seth”). On appeal, Willoughby argues that the trial court erred when it refused to consider additional evidence; that the trial court erred in finding that a change in circumstances had occurred; that the trial court’s decision was not in the best interests of the children; and, that the trial court did not properly weigh the advantages and disadvantages of changing the residential parent. Based upon the following, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Letters to Editorwheatland Middle School ; Parents Need Choice Excellent Team Parents Making Grade? They Chose Reynolds Take Back Schools a Happy Student Get Down to Business a Plea to President Read the Labels a Violent Book Christians Tolerant

Kudos to Gil Smart for chronicling the travails of the parents of Wheatland Middle School students ("Not making the grade," Oct. 31). Acting in the best interests of their children, many of the parents exercised their choice in education by sending their kids to other schools, or even to local nonpublic schools, often at great financial sacrifice.

• Sunday News; Lancaster, Pa.
• November 08, 2010

• Foos v. Foos, (Ohio 2012)

Sufficient evidence presented supporting the trial court’s finding that there had not been a change in circumstances since the prior custody decree; no need to address best interests of the children.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Care Policies On Behalf of Children in Dcfs Care

CHICAGO, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Catholic Charities policy of providing state-funded adoption and foster care services in a fashion that excludes same sex couples does significant harm to children in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and discriminates against same- sex couples who desire to act as foster or adoptive parents. These arguments are the focal point of a filing by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, which moved late Friday (July 29, 2011) to intervene in a case brought by four Catholic Charities agencies (from Joliet, Springfield, Peoria and Belleville). The ACLU of Illinois is seeking to intervene in the case on behalf of all children under the care of DCFS, children who already are clients of the ACLU in a two-d...

... in a manner that is in conflict with the "best interests" of the child, notwithstanding their rel...

• U.S. Newswire
• August 01, 2011

• In re D.D., (Ohio 2012)

Proper legal standard applicable to determination of whether to award legal custody to a parent following an adjudication of abuse and neglect is the best interests of the children.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• In re LaPiana, (Ohio 2010)

Jurisdiction/R.C. 2151.23(A)(2); parental unsuitability/contractual relinquishment; contractual relinquishment is a factual determination; best interests of the children

• Ohio Supreme Court

• D.W. v. T.R., (Ohio 2011)

Motion to Stay; Custody; Best Interests of the Children; Disruption to the Children.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• In re K.L.S., (Ohio 2010)

permanent custody to Department of Job and Family Services; best interests of the children; children in agency’s custody for 12 of last 22 months; mother did not comply with case plan

• Ohio Supreme Court