2023-08-11 05:29:43
The sudden nature of the departure portends the worst. Judicial information for “removal of children by ascending outside the national territory” was opened by the prosecution of Roanne (Loire) after the departure of a woman with her three children in Kazakhstan, without the authorization of the father with whom she is in the process of divorce, we learned Thursday from concordant sources.
“On July 23, when I went to pick up the children under shared custody, I understood that (their mother) had left with them because the shutters of the house were closed, the cupboards empty and the supply contracts of water and energy cancelled”, declared Antoine Sibuet, a 38-year-old resident of Coteau (Loire), father of three children of French nationality.
No mutual legal assistance agreement between the two countries
He then decides to file a complaint at the Roanne police station for non-representation of children the same day, citing his fears of fleeing abroad. But his wife had already flown away with the children to Kazakhstan, where she is from. Since then, he has not been able to have any contact with Emile, 17, nor with the two youngest, Elsa, 4, and Aristide, 3, he explained, confirming information from the regional daily Progress.
“We will never come back to France (…) there is no point in filing a complaint”, wrote the mother in a text message sent after her departure by plane for Almaty with the three children, on July 19.
No ban on leaving the national territory
The prosecutor of the Republic of Roanne, Abdelkrim Grini, indicated that he opened this Tuesday a judicial investigation entrusted to an investigating judge for “removal of children by ascendant outside the national territory”, so that a judicial investigation can take place. under an international letter of request.
“In the absence of a mutual legal assistance agreement between our two countries, this legal procedure will be extended by diplomatic action,” added the head of the Roannais prosecution. Mr. Sibuet said he was “disappointed that justice did not pronounce the ban on leaving the national territory of the children” which he had “requested twice”.
He sent letters to the Prime Minister, the President of the Republic and parliamentarians linked to Kazakhstan. In a letter consulted by AFP, the office of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne indicates to the father of the family that his situation has been “reported to Mrs. Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs”.
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