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Tackling the Wrongful Removal of Children in Divorce

Posted by Gillian Lowndes on Aug 12, 2013

As a result of a number of factors, the wrongful removal of children in divorce or separation by SA by parents is a major issue – and one that needs to be tackled. These factors include skyrocketing divorce rates; parents electing to live and work overseas; and people employing self-help methods to move without the consent of the other parent or court sanctions. Wrongful removal is a child custody issue that countries around the world struggle with, and is in fact monitored and governed by the Hague. (More specifically, by the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...