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In Morgan v. Morgan, 289 F.Supp.2d 1067 (N.D. Iowa 2003) the Petition
alleged that, on or about July 23, 2003, the respondent, Freya Ruth
Cecily Morgan, removed the parties' six-year-old child, Flavia Ruth
Henrietta, from the parties' home in East Sussex, England, without the
consent or acquiescence of the petitioner, Simon John Morgan; that Mrs.
Morgan and Flavia have since traveled to the United States; and that
they are now residing in Spirit Lake, Iowa, with a person named Mark
Fluharty with whom Mrs. Morgan had developed a relationship via the
Internet. The Petition also alleged that Mr. Morgan believes that Mr.
Fluharty and Mrs. Morgan were planning to move from their present
residence in Spirit Lake, Iowa, to a location outside of the
jurisdiction of this court. The Petition sought, inter alia, the return
of Flavia to Mr. Morgan's custody in England. The court found that Mr.
Morgan demonstrated an adequate showing of likelihood of success on the
merits of his petition for return of his child and his request for a
temporary restraining order to prevent removal or concealment of his
child before disposition of his petition, as well as the court's
authority to order an expedited hearing; that Mr. Morgan made an
adequate showing as to irreparable harm and that the balance of harms
also favored entry of a temporary restraining order.
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