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Family

Jan. 12, 2010

High Court To Weigh Overseas Custody Battle

Tackling a sensitive question of international law, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh next week whether a child brought unlawfully to the United States by his mother must be returned to Chile, where the father lives.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - Tackling a sensitive question of international law, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh this week whether a child brought unlawfully to the United States by his mother must be returned to Chile, where the father lives.

The case is in many ways the mirror image of the high-profile dispute that recently sparked a media furor over the attempts of an American man to regain cu...

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