OBO v. STEVEN B.

No. COA09-845.

687 S.E.2d 496 (2009)

Lorenz Rinna OBO, City of Mannheim Department of Children's Services, Plaintiffs, v. STEVEN B., and Sabine B., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew A. Lassiter, Morehead City, for plaintiff-appellee Mannheim Department of Children's Services; and Stephanie Sonzogni, Beaufort, for petitioner-appellee Carteret County Department of Social Services.

Duncan B. McCormick, Lillington, for respondent-appellant father.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, by Tobias S. Hampson, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant mother.


GEER, Judge.

Respondents appeal from the trial court's orders mandating the return of their minor child, Christopher,1 to Germany under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("the Hague Convention"). The United States is a party to the Hague Convention. Bader v. Kramer, 445 F.3d 346, 349 (4th Cir.2006). The purpose of the Hague Convention is "to secure the prompt...

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