By Michael Stangarone, Kristy Maurina and Alice Parama ( October 20, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT) -- When a return application is brought in Ontario following a child’s abduction, the court must determine whether to proceed under the Hague Convention of Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention) or s. 40 of the Children’s Law Reform Act (CLRA). Although similar in many respects, the two applications have fundamental differences, as highlighted by the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Geliedan v. Rawdah 2020 ONCA 254 (see para. 34; application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was dismissed on Sept. 24)....