Bryce Neier is a litigation attorney who practices family and entertainment law internationally. He has experience working on major child custody and child abduction cases involving countries like Canada, Spain, Colombia, South America, and Germany. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force in 1983 and now has 92 signatory states. The treaty provides guidelines for returning a child who has been internationally abducted by a parent, but only if the child is under 16 years of age and both countries are signatories. Children are not always returned specifically to the other parent.

1. An Overview of the
Hague Convention
Bryce Neier

2. An Overview of the Hague Convention
 A litigation attorney working in family and entertainment law, Bryce Neier
received his juris doctor from Campbell University School of Law. He also
volunteers with Alliance Defending Freedom Organization and assists in
litigation projects in North Carolina and in other states. In addition to his
work in North Carolina, Bryce Neier practices internationally, with
experience in major child custody and child abduction cases that have
involved Canada, Spain, Columbia South America, and Germany to name
a few.

3. An Overview of the Hague Convention
 One of the most important documents relating to international child-abduction
cases , the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction entered into force in 1983. Now with 92
signatory states, the treaty provides guidelines to return a child if he or she is
internationally abducted by a parent . There are limitations to the
convention: the child must be under 16 years of age and both countries
must be signatories to the convention. Additionally, when children are
returned, they are not necessarily returned specifically to the other parent.
They may not be returned if doing so would pose a grave risk or other
defenses to return under the Hague Convention.