If your child has been wrongfully removed from Finland to another Contracting State of the Hague Child Abduction Convention, contact the Unit for International Judicial Assistance at the Ministry of Justice, which functions as the central authority, to submit an application for the return of the child. The Contracting States of the Hague Child Abduction Convention include almost all European count ...
If your child has been taken to a Contracting State to the Hague Convention, you may contact the Ministry of Justice, which will send you an application form and provide instructions on filling it in if necessary. Please carefully fill in the form and include at least the following information:
In the central authority’s experience, it is useful to be assisted by a lawyer familiar with international family law. They can help you prepare your application. This will also make any communication with a foreign lawyer run more smoothly.
You can contact the Unit for International Judicial Assistance at the Ministry of Justice to submit an application for the return of the child. When preparing your application, we recommend using the services of a lawyer familiar with family law. Please send the completed, signed application with the necessary attachments by email to central.authority.om@gov.fi.
A case usually constitutes international child abduction when it meets the following criteria:
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An application for the return of a child may be completed by the custodian of the child.