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RICA NEWS BRIEFS
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Monday 31 January 2011 |
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Costa
Rica
Court
Orders
Minor Be
Sent
Back To
The US
"I came
to Costa
Rica
because
I
thought
they
would
help me
protect
my
daughter.
I fear
that
they
will
take her
from me
and put
her in
the
hands of
a person
with a
history
of drug
abuse
and
violence",
said
Trina
Atwell
following
a
decision
by the
Sala
Constitucional
that
ordered
her
daughter
back to
the
United
States.
Atwell
fled to
Costa
Rica in
2009
with her
daughter
after
being a
victim
of
domestic
violence.
The Sala
Constitutioncal
dismissed
the
write of
habeas
corpus
filed by
Atwell
last
month,
after
the
Patronato
Nacional
de la
Infancia
(PANI) -
Costa
Rica's
child
welfare
system -
with the
support
of the
Juzgado
de Niñez
y
Adolescencia
and
Tribunal
de
Familia
(Family
Court)
decide
the
return
of the
child
based on
an
application
for
return
filed by
the
parent.
Fanny
Cordero,
press
director
of the
PANI,
explained
that the
PANI is
the
central
authority
of the
juvenile
restitution
agreement
and that
the girl
should
be
returned
to the
US
central
authority
and not
the
father
directly,
until
custody
is
defined.
Cordero
said
that
PANI
officials
went to
the
Atwell
home
over the
weekend
but they
could
not take
the
child
and
would be
back
today
(Monday).
Atwell
says
that she
left the
US with
the
proper
requirements,
including
the
parental
signature,
but the
father
later
filed
for
kidnapping
and an
arrest
warrant
against
Atwell
was
issued.
Helping
Atwell
with her
case is
the Área
de Mujer
de la
Defensoría
de los
Habitantes
(Women's
department
of the
Ombudsman's
office)
that
filed
the writ
of
habeas
corpus
and is
evaluating
other
alternatives
to avoid
the
minor
being
sent
back.
"The
return
of the
child
means an
complete
uprooting.
Who will
she
travel
with, if
not with
her
mother
who
faces
arrest
on
arrival",
said
Alejandra
Mora of
the
Ombudsman's
office.
"This is
just one
of the
many
cases we
see
regularly;
women
victims
of
violence,
mothers
who flee
to save
their
lives
and that
of their
children,
but the
system
reserves
it",
Mora
added.
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