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Case history

  • Oct. 17, 2018
    decided Decision issued in Domenico Taglieri v. Michelle Monasky

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Opinion By Jeffrey S. Sutton Oct. 17, 2018

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0235p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DOMENICO TAGLIERI, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellee, │ │…

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Lead opinion Author not recorded Oct. 17, 2018

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Domenico Taglieri and Michelle Monasky were married. When the union fell apart, Monasky took A.M.T., their two-month-old daughter, from Italy to the United States. Taglieri filed a petition under the Hague Convention to return A.M.T. to Italy. The district court granted the petition after finding that Italy was A.M.T.'s country of habitual residence. Monasky appealed. Who win…

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Concurrence Author not recorded Oct. 17, 2018

BOGGS, Circuit Judge, concurring. I join the majority opinion and concur in its conclusion that the habitual residency inquiry is a question of fact and that the district court made no clear error in its factual findings in this case. I take issue, however, with the characterization that all Hague Convention cases are to be governed by a strict two-part test attributed to our recent case, Ahmed…

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