FELDER v. WETZEL

No. 12-1939.

696 F.3d 92 (2012)

Claudia FELDER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Patrick WETZEL; Children's Hospital Integrated Care Organization, LLC, d/b/a Children's Hospital Boston; Alexandra Ponder, a/k/a Debbie Ponder, Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry S. Pollack , with whom Phillip Rakhunov and Sullivan & Worcester, LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Edward F. Dombroski, Jr. , with whom Travers Dombroski PC was on brief, for appellee Patrick Wetzel.

Mary Beth L. Sweeney , with whom Rachael E. MacKenzie , David E. Cherny , and Atwood & Cherny P.C. were on brief, for appellee Alexandra Ponder.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

In this Hague Convention case concerning claims by the mother of wrongful retention in this country of her fourteen-year-old daughter who was in need of emergency psychiatric care, the district court both denied relief and dismissed the Swiss mother's case. Felder v. Ponder, Civ. Action No. 12-11192-DJC, 2012 WL 3128570 (D.Mass. July 30, 2012). The district court interpreted orders of the relevant Swiss Guardianship Authority and a Swiss...

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