U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Feb. 23, 2010
Abducted Child Is Ordered Returned
A Montana college professor must immediately return his young daughter to her Panamanian mother, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Montana college professor must immediately return his young daughter to her Panamanian mother, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled late Friday in a case involving the Hague Convention on childhood abduction. Richard Joyce met and married exotic dancer Leyda Cuellar in Panama; he later lured Cuellar and their child to Australia, where he took the girl. Cuellar tracked him to Montana but failed to persuade a federal ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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