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Mezo v. Elmergawi, 855 F. Supp. 59 (E. D. N. Y. 1994)

In Mezo v. Elmergawi, 855 F. Supp. 59 (E. D. N. Y. 1994) the Mothers action to obtain an injunction ordering the Secretary of State to perform his duties under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, was dismissed, where the childrens father took the children, who were in the mothers custody, from the United States to Egypt because while the United States was a signatory to the Hague Convention Egypt and Libya were not. The remedy is available under 42 USC 11601-11610 and the Hague Convention only when a child is wrongfully removed from a signatory country and retained in another signatory country.