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Family

May 2, 2000

Hague Treaty Offers Another Avenue for Boy

By Ronald E. Lais and Merritt L. McKeon A clear majority of people in the world believe that Elian Gonzalez belongs with his father, and most family and juvenile courts in the United States would agree. But what about the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Parental Child Abduction? After all, Elian's mother was committing an act of child abduction when she drowned.

By Ronald E. Lais and Merritt L. McKeon
         A clear majority of people in the world believe that Elian Gonzalez belongs with his father, and most family and juvenile courts in the United States would agree. But what about the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Parental Child Abduction? After all, Elian's mother was committing an act of child abduction when she drowned.
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