A Hague return order is not a custody award. Article 19 of the 1980 Convention separates return proceedings from deciding custody on the merits. https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/full-text/?cid=24 #HagueConvention #FamilyJustice

A Hague return decision is not a custody judgment. Do families hear that distinction clearly enough? Article 19 of the 1980 Convention draws the line. #HagueConvention #CrossBorderCustody

A Hague return order is not a custody ruling. Article 19 of the 1980 Convention keeps the questions separate: deciding return does not decide the merits of custody. #HagueConvention #FamilyJustice

Hague 1980, Article 19: a decision on returning a child does not determine the merits of custody. Return and custody proceedings answer different questions. https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/full-text/?cid=24 #HagueConvention #FamilyJustice

A Hague return order is not a custody judgment. Article 19 of the 1980 Convention keeps return proceedings separate from deciding custody on the merits. #HagueConvention #FamilyJustice

The 1980 Hague Convention is not just about return. Article 21 allows applications to Central Authorities to organise or secure access rights.
https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/full-text/?cid=24
#HagueConvention #FamilyJustice

A Hague return decision is not a custody judgment. Article 19 makes that explicit. Are public debates keeping these two questions separate?
https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/full-text/?cid=24
#HagueConvention #FamilyJustice

A Hague return decision is not a custody ruling. Article 19 of the 1980 Convention keeps return proceedings separate from the merits of custody.
https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/full-text/?cid=24
#HagueConvention #CrossBorderCustody

In a cross-border custody case, speed matters—but speed without hearing the child, testing an exception, or giving specific reasons can turn mutual trust into procedural blindness. What should courts verify before ordering return? #BrusselsIIb #HagueConvention #ChildrensRights

Cross-border custody has no shortcut: Brussels IIb allocates jurisdiction and recognition; the 1980 Hague Convention addresses prompt return after wrongful removal. Neither decides the child’s long-term custody merits by itself. #BrusselsIIb #HagueConvention #EUFamilyLaw