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England v. England, 234 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. 2000)

 In England v. England, 234 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. 2000) the Fifth Circuit found that the children of an American family that had been living in Australia had to be returned to their father. The court rejected the mother's argument that the children would be subject to psychological harm if they returned to Australia. The mother argued that the oldest child, who was adopted, would be traumatized by returning to the country where she had led an unsettled life. The court also rejected the mother's argument that the child who was thirteen was old enough to have her views considered.