Tag: Domestic Violence
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Expert Testimony on Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence Excluded
Dave Neil Speedie (Father) filed a petition under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), the statute that implements the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Convention). Father sought the return of his minor children, L.S. and I.S., from Washington, where they are presently in the custody of Alexi Dawn…
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Political Science Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Paraguay’s Legal System
On September 12, 2025, Maik Evert Ens Loblein (“Petitioner”) filed the Petition for the Return of Children to Paraguay pursuant to the Hague Convention. The Petition asserted that Roxana Andrea Alcaraz de Ens (“Respondent”) unlawfully retained in the United States two children who habitually reside in Paraguay. On September 15, 2025, Petitioner filed an Amended…
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Social Work Expert Witness’ Testimony Explaining the Dynamics of Domestic Violence Admitted
Defendant Michael Johnson is charged with the following: unlawful imprisonment, assault of a domestic partner by strangulation and suffocation, interstate domestic violence, witness tampering, and assault. Johnson claimed that the Government has not filed a notice to call Holly Rosen, provided her curriculum vitae, a statement of her expected testimony, or the basis and methodology…
