Golan v. Saada

Golan v. Saada
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 22, 2022 Decided June 15, 2022
Full case name	Narkis Aliza Golan v. Isacco Jacky Saada
Docket no.	20-1034
Citations	596 U.S. ___ (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
A court is not categorically required to examine all possible ameliorative measures before denying a Hague Convention petition for return of a child to a foreign country once the court has found that return would expose the child to a grave risk of harm.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinion
Majority	Sotomayor, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Golan v. Saada, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The case reviewed if all ameliorative measures must be taken into consideration before denying a Hague Convention petition once it is found that the child could face harm when returned to a foreign country.^[1]