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ALTAMIRANDA VALE v. AVILA

No. 08-2161.

538 F.3d 581 (2008)

Jose Gregorio ALTAMIRANDA VALE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maria Jose Figuera AVILA, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Marshall, Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Stephen M. Komie, Komie & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Vale, seeking the return of his children to Venezuela, filed suit in federal district court against their mother—Avila, his ex-wife—under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11601 et seq. The Act, implementing the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1343 U.N.T.S. 89 (Oct. 25, 1980) (which both the United States and...

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