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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND SOUTHERN DIVISION YEHUDA MENECHEM, Petitioner, Civil Action No. AW-02-1921 vs. LISA FRYDMAN-MENACHEM, Respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Yehuda Menachem ("Petitioner") petitions this Court to hold that Lisa Frydman-Menachem ("Respondent") has "wrongfully retained" the couple's children within the meaning of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("Hague Convention" or "Convention"). He further asks this Court to remove the children from the custody of Respondent, who resides in Maryland, and to order that the children be returned to the State of Israel in accordance with the International Child Abduction Remedies Act ("ICARA") which is the implementing legislation for the Hague Convention in the United States. See 42 U.S.C.

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