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MURPHY v. SLOAN

No. 13-17339.

764 F.3d 1144 (2014)

Elaine Mary MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Milligan SLOAN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Wolfrum (argued), Walnut Creek, CA; Jeremy D. Morley , New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William M. Sloan (argued), Mill Valley, CA, In Pro Per.

Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, and McKEOWN and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

In this case we consider the significance of a "trial period" of residence on a child's "habitual residence" under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.1 Elaine Murphy seeks the return of her child, E.S., to Ireland. We affirm the judgment of the district court that E.S. was a habitual resident of the United States, where she presently resides with her father...

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