No. 20-1251

VERONICA LUZ MALAVER AVENDANO,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

LEONARDO ALFONZO BLANCO BALZA,

Defendant, Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Allison D. Burroughs, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Howard, Chief Judge, Barron, Circuit Judge, and Katzmann, Judge.

Matthew P. Barach, with whom Barach Law Group LLC was on brief, for appellant. Shamis N. Beckley, with whom Dana M. McSherry, Annabel Rodriguez, and McDermott Will & Emery LLP were on brief, for appellees.

January 11, 2021

 Of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. KATZMANN, Judge. This wrenching case involves the application of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention) and its implementing statute to a father's wrongful reten