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Type
Opinion
Author
David William McKeague
Filed
May 8, 2026
Case
Ilyse Deravil v. Julmise Jean
Case status
Decided

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NOT RECOMMENED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0181n.06 Case No. 25-3636 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED April 21, 2026 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) ILYSE DERAVIL; LEGRAND DERAVIL, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE Petitioners - Appellants ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN ) DISTRICT OF OHIO v. ) ) JULMISE JEAN; JOHNNY JEAN-LOUIS, ) UNSEALED OPINION* ) Respondents - Appellees. ) Before: McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges. McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which THAPAR, J., concurred. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 17–29), delivered a separate dissenting opinion. McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. This case, brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the “Hague Convention”) and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (“ICARA”), involves a complicated dispute between two couples who are fighting over A.D., a minor. Petitioners—Ilyse and Legrand Deravil—are A.D.’s grandaunt and granduncle. Respondents—Julmise Jean and Johnny Jean-Louis (together referred to as the “Jean-Louises”)—are A.D.’s mother and father. * On April 21, 2026, the court filed the opinion and judgment in this case under a temporary …

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