Battered Women, Their Children, and International Law
ISBN: 9781555538040
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Northeastern University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Custody of children.; Family violence.; Abused women.; Parental kidnapping.;

Ending a bad personal relationship is extremely complicated when the relationship is transnational. Women whose partners are abusive often turn to family members for assistance. When this means leaving one nation for another with one's children, Hague Convention (1980) international treaties come into play. All too often, the mother is charged with child abduction and forced to return the children to an abusive father. Drawing on a series of true-life stories, the authors reveal important dimensions of domestic law, interpretations of children's best interests, and the legal rationales required to ensure safety for battered women and their children across international boundaries.

TARYN LINDHORST is Carol LaMare Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington. JEFFREY L. EDLESON is Dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley.

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