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Anne Catherine Richard v. Eric John Horacius
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-10801 · judgment July 30, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s habitual-residence analysis conflicts with this Court’s totality-of-thecircumstances standard under Monasky v. Taglieri, by finding that a child’s significant residence and social ties in the United States can be effectively disregarded by a presumption that a short-term visit cannot evolve into a new habitual residence. Monasky v. Taglieri, 589 U.S. 78 (2020). II. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred by failing to apply a consistent, child-centered standard to the “well-settled” affirmative defense, and whether a trial court has virtually unbounded “equitable discretion” to order a child’s return even after finding that the child is well-settled
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Apr 21 2025Petition DENIED.
- Mar 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
- Feb 04 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 12, 2025)
- Dec 18 2024Application (24A601) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 4, 2025.
- Dec 16 2024Application (24A601) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 5, 2025 to February 19, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.