ALCALA v. HERNANDEZ

No. 15-2471, No. 15-2507.

826 F.3d 161 (2016)

Fernando Contreras ALCALA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Claudia Garcia HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellee. Fernando Contreras Alcala, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claudia Garcia Hernandez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew Adams Abee , Thomas William McGee, III , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Kevin Roger Eberle , Eberle Law Firm, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Brendan P. Barth , Nicholas W. Lewis , Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Agee joined.


In June 2013, Appellee Claudia Garcia Hernandez (Mother) removed her two minor children from their home in Mexico. Mother crossed into the United States with the children and arrived in South Carolina in August 2013. In October 2014, the children's biological father, Appellant Fernando Contreras Alcala (Father), petitioned...

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