Norwegian court returns son to Russia’s citizen

Russian citizen has returned her son illegally retained in Norway by his father, the citizen of Estonia, TASS reports. The decision about returning the child was made by court of the Norwegian capital.

According to the lawyer Ekaterina Reiersen, they managed to do that because Norway joint the Hague Convention of 1996 about protection of children. The lawyer is sure that it helped settling controversial legal issues in his field.

The court’s decision became the first case when Russia’s citizen managed to resolve the issue based on the convention. This case became a precedent providing an opportunity to resolve many other familiar cases. Norway has undertaken international liabilities and is implementing them. This provides wide possibilities for international cooperation in the field of children’s protection, the lawyer underlined.

A twelve-year old boy lived in Saint Petersburg with his mother. The woman sent her son to spend summer vacations with his father in Norway. However, later the man refused to return the child to his mother and even enrolled him to the local school.

Claim to return the son to his mother who gained the right to custody of the minor child by decision of St. Petersburg court was passed on to the Norwegian court. Illegal detention of the child against the court’s decision is considered a criminal violation in the country.

Russkiy Mir