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My wife is a Filipino and has run off to the Philippines with our children. Can I get them back to Israel,where we all live?

Yes, it is possible, though difficult, as the Philippine Islands are not bound by the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, which makes the process of returning abducted children much easier.  Legal action can be brought outside the convention in the Philippine courts, to get your children returned. Our legal practice can assist in this matter and work together with lawyers in the Philippines to act to secure the return of your children.

 

Incidentally, in 2010 the Philippines became a member of  the Hague Convention on Private International Law. Furthermore, the Philippines is the chosen venue for the 4th Asia Pacific Regional Conference at the end of October 2011, and one of the subjects being discussed is the Hague Convention dealing with child abduction. It is possible that the Philippines will become a "Hague child abduction Country" in the near future, but is is not currently , so that child abductions to or from the Philippines, are not covered by the Hague Convention, even if the other state involved is bound by it.