International Child Abduction: The Complexities of Forensic Psychiatric Assessments Before the Hague Convention
The Hague Convention is an international intergovernmental agreement that facilitates the return of abducted children to lawful parents across international borders. Children may not be returned if it can be established that the return would result in harm to the child. Forensic psychiatrists may be...
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| description | The Hague Convention is an international intergovernmental agreement that facilitates the return of abducted children to lawful parents across international borders. Children may not be returned if it can be established that the return would result in harm to the child. Forensic psychiatrists may be called upon to provide an expert opinion regarding the potential harm to come to a child, as well as various other psycholegal issues. We discuss interpretations and precedents regarding this law and the possible contributions of forensic psychiatrists. We also discuss two hybridized case examples involving international child abduction and proceedings before the Hague Convention. We will discuss issues that arose after psychiatric evaluations in each case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c12c6247a0b4944ac51762ad9e29cf62022-12-21T22:22:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-07-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.654634654634International Child Abduction: The Complexities of Forensic Psychiatric Assessments Before the Hague ConventionMitesh Patel0Shawn Baldeo1Pip Swartz2Graham Glancy3Graham Glancy4Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaPsychiatry Resident, PGY-3, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaFaculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDivision of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaFaculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Hague Convention is an international intergovernmental agreement that facilitates the return of abducted children to lawful parents across international borders. Children may not be returned if it can be established that the return would result in harm to the child. Forensic psychiatrists may be called upon to provide an expert opinion regarding the potential harm to come to a child, as well as various other psycholegal issues. We discuss interpretations and precedents regarding this law and the possible contributions of forensic psychiatrists. We also discuss two hybridized case examples involving international child abduction and proceedings before the Hague Convention. We will discuss issues that arose after psychiatric evaluations in each case.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.654634/fullHague conventioninternational child abductionarticle 13child custody rightsparental alienation syndromeforensic psychiatry |
| spellingShingle | Mitesh Patel Shawn Baldeo Pip Swartz Graham Glancy Graham Glancy International Child Abduction: The Complexities of Forensic Psychiatric Assessments Before the Hague Convention Frontiers in Psychiatry Hague convention international child abduction article 13 child custody rights parental alienation syndrome forensic psychiatry |
| title | International Child Abduction: The Complexities of Forensic Psychiatric Assessments Before the Hague Convention |
| title_full | International Child Abduction: The Complexities of Forensic Psychiatric Assessments Before the Hague Convention |
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| title_short | International Child Abduction: The Complexities of Forensic Psychiatric Assessments Before the Hague Convention |
| title_sort | international child abduction the complexities of forensic psychiatric assessments before the hague convention |
| topic | Hague convention international child abduction article 13 child custody rights parental alienation syndrome forensic psychiatry |
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