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PREC: ROUTINE
CLASS: UNCLASSIFIED
LINE1: RAAUZYUW RUEHTHA2243 0771307-UUUU--RHEHAAX.
LINE2: ZNR UUUUU ZZH
LINE3: R 181307Z MAR 97
LINE4: FM AMEMBASSY ATHENS
OSRI: RUEHTH
DTG: 181307Z MAR 97
ORIG: AMEMBASSY ATHENS
TO: RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2596
INFO: RUEHIK/AMCONSUL THESSALONIKI 1244
SUBJ:
PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION IN GREECE
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ATHENS 002243
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KOCI, CASC, GR
SUBJECT: PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION IN GREECE
1. SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH GREECE BECAME PARTY TO THE HAGUE
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION IN 1993, CHILD
CUSTODY DISPUTES IN GREECE CONTINUE TO INVOLVE SUBSTANTIAL
PROBLEMS FOR ANY U.S. PARENT SEEKING RETURN OF A CHILD
WRONGFULLY REMOVED TO OR DETAINED IN GREECE. ALTHOUGH THE
GREEK CENTRAL AUTHORITY IS WILLING TO COOPERATE, SPECIAL
OBSTACLES IN THE GREEK JUDICIAL SYSTEM RENDER THE PROCESS
LONG, FRUSTRATING, AND SOMETIMES FRUITLESS. GREEK OFFCIALS
HAVE PROMISED TO LOOK INTO WAYS TO SPEED IMPLEMENTATION OF
GREEK COURT DECISIONS IN HAGUE CASES. FROM THE GREEK
GOVERNMENT POINT-OF-VIEW, U.S. IMPLEMENTATION ALSO FALLS
SOMEWHAT SHORT OF IDEAL. THE EMBASSY DRAWS ON OUR EXPERIENCE
AND CONVERSATIONS WITH GREEK OFFICIALS AND LAWYERS TO OFFER
SEVERAL PIECES OF ADVICE. END SUMMARY.
HAGUE IMPLEMENTATION IN GREECE
2) EMBASSY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE UPCOMING ASSIGNMENT OF
EMBASSY CONOFF CHRIS LAMORA TO CA/OCS/CI TO HAVE A GENERAL
DISCUSSION OF CHILD CUSTODY ISSUES WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
OFFICIALS ON 2/19/97. THE GREEK OFFICIALS, INCLUDING NIKOLAOS
FARMAKIS, DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL LAW DIVISION, WERE CORDIAL AND
GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE INVOLVING
COOPERATION WITH THE U.S.
3) THE GREEK OFFICIALS READILY ADMITTED SOME PROBLEMS WITH
IMPLEMENTATION OF HAGUE IN GREECE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED,
HOWEVER, THAT THESE DIFFICULTIES ARISE FROM THE GENERAL
DIFFICULTIES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM HERE AS REGARDS HANDLING
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