How cited: Stead v. Menduno · Go Syfert

Stead v. Menduno (2014)

green · 13 citation events across 8 courts. Showing the 10 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
green Moreau v. White (2026)
Quote Authority · 5th Cir.
Fla. Apr. 19, 2012) (declining to judicially estop petitioner “from maintaining that the child’s habitual residence is Germany” based purely on earlier position in state court that child resided in Florida). 15 Case: 25-40031 Document: 143-1 Page: 16 Date Filed: 05/15/2026 25-40031 c/w No. 25-40364 estoppel to the Convention.”); Elkhaiat, 2025 WL 711949 , at *6 (collecting cases and explaining that “various other district and circuit courts across the country have determined…
“The equitable doctrines invoked by respondent are not mentioned in the Convention and are therefore not properly brought as defenses to a petition for return of the child.”
green Elkhaiat v. Mawashi (2025)
Quote Authority · D. Ariz.
On the contrary, various other district 2 and circuit courts across the country have determined that equitable defenses are not 3 permitted in cases brought under the Convention. see also In re Application of Stead v. 4 Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029, 1037 (D.
“The equitable doctrines invoked 5 by respondent are not mentioned in the Convention and are therefore not properly brought 6 as defenses to a petition for return of the child.”
Rule Authority · D. Colo.
Once it determines that the parent exercised custody rights in any manner, the court should stop – completely avoiding the question whether the parent exercised the custody rights well or badly.” In re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029, 1035 (D.
citing Friedrich v. Friedrich, 78 F.3d 1060, 1066 (6th Cir. 1996)
green Homer v. Homer (2022)
Rule Authority · S.D. Tex.
In re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029, 1038 (D.
Rule Authority · D. Colo.
Id. (citing In re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029, 1033 (D.
citing West v. Dobrev, 735 F.3d 921, 929 (10th Cir. 2013)
Rule Authority · D. Colo.
References to “Article,” except where otherwise noted, refer to articles of the Convention. 7 re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029, 1033 (D.
citing West v. Dobrev, 735 F.3d 921, 929 (10th Cir. 2013)
green La Salle v. Adams (2019)
Rule Authority · D. Ariz.
In re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029, 1038 (D. 19 Colo. 2014 ) (“The Court finds that an award of filing fees and deposition costs is 20 inappropriate in this matter, given the petitioner’s pro bono representation and respondent’s 21 relatively low salary, total savings of slightly over $2,000, the fact that respondent spends 22 80% of her income on housing, and the fact that most of her other expenses relate to 23 providing for A.C.S.
green Garcia v. Pinelo (2015)
Quote Authority · N.D. Ill. · signal: see also
The equitable defenses offered by Galvan are “simply not [included in] the narrow defenses set forth in the Hague Convention.” McCurdy v. Shreve-McCurdy, 806 F.Supp.2d 1010, 1021 (E.D.Mich.2011); see also In re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F.Supp.3d 1029, 1037 , 2014 WL 7403282 , at *4 (D.Colo.
“The equitable doctrines invoked by respondent are not mentioned in the Convention and are therefore not properly brought as defenses to a petition for return of the child.”
Cited · D. Mont. · signal: see
See In re App. of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F. Supp. 3d 1029 (D.
finding fee award clearly inappropriate where the respondent was financially insecure and fee shifting might have harmed the interests of the child
Cited (see also) · D.N.M. · signal: see, e.g.
See, e.g., In re Application of Stead v. Menduno, 77 F.Supp.3d 1029, 1035 (D.Colo.2014) (“Respondent’s unilateral decision to remain in the United States with [the minor child] notwithstanding the assurances she gave to petitioner that [the minor child] would return to New Zealand breached this right [to determine the residence of the child].”); In re R.V.B., 29 F.Supp.3d 243, 254 (E.D.N.Y.2014) (“In light of the Court’s finding that the Father had ‘rights of custody,’ the M…