Hague Convention and the DR

[need2know]

Can anybody clarify info about the DR's participation in the Hague Convention? Specifically- how does it apply to collecting child support from the US when there is a state divorce agreement in place? Both parents are US citizens, mother is living here with the children with the father's permission.
Did the DR ratify all conventions or just some?
"Hague for Dummies", please.......

 

[Fabio J. Guzman]

The 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, when certified with an apostille, are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Convention. The Dominican Republic is a recent signatory to the Convention.

The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is a multilateral treaty developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law that provides an expeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation to another. Dominican Republic is a signatory to this Convention.

The 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support. Ratifying states agree to assist citizens from other states who have also ratified the convention to recover child support. The last time I checked the Dominican Republic was not a signatory to this Convention. However, you should re-check with the Secretar?a de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores.

 

[dhanma]

Dominican Republic and Hague Convention on Child Abduction

The Dominican Republic is a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child abduction as of June 2007. I am not sure about child support.

I will tell you, from personal experience, parents face a daunting challenge to recover their children under the Hague Convention. This is especially true if the abductor is well 'connected' in the government. Financial incentives and 'connections' can easily influence a clear-cut case.

My daughter has been abducted to the DR by her mother a US citizen. The abductor's father, also a US citizen and currently Operations Manager at the Punta Cana airport, has influence in the Dominican Government and my hague petition has been thusfar denied by CONANI the designated Central Authority for Hague cases. This in spite of the clear-cut nature of my petition.

Furthermore, the Dominican Republic has failed to uphold its very own laws with respect to my daughter's case. In particular a Dominican Passport and by implication provisional citizenship has been given to my daughter without my consent even when Dominican Law states that I as the father needs to provide consent or power of Attorney for this to occur.

Long story short, the Dominican Republic has laws and international agreements that look good on paper, but be weary of their actual compliance by them.

 

[dhanma]

Dominican Republic's failure to comply with Hague Convention

I am just following up on my earlier post about my on-going case regarding the Dominican Republic's failure thusfar to return my daughter and comply with it's obligations under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. You can read more about my case at the following website:

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