The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted a federal appeals court ruling requiring that a young girl in Texas, who is the subject of an international parental custody dispute, be sent back to her native country, Venezuela.
Justice Samuel Alito issued an order on Oct. 2 staying a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit until further notice.
The case concerns A.F., a 7-year-old girl who lives in Dallas, Texas, with her mother. A.F. was born in Venezuela in 2018, but has not lived there since she was 3 years old.
The applicant, A.F.’s mother, Samantha Estefania Francisco Castro, filed an emergency application with the nation’s highest court on Oct. 1. The respondent, A.F.’s father, is Jose Leonardo Brito Guevara….