What is the meaning of the term "retention" under the Convention of Human Rights?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Marks v. Hochhauser, 876 F.3d 416 (2nd Cir. 2017):

Notwithstanding this ambiguity, there are a number of considerations that demonstrate that "retention" is a singular act for the purpose of the Convention"wrongful retention" occurs when one parent, having taken the child to a different Contracting State with permission of the other parent, fails to return the child to the first Contracting State when required. See generally Taveras v. Morales , 22 F.Supp.3d 219, 231-32 (S.D.N.Y. 2014).

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