Trinidad and Tobago: Information on whether a Canadian legal custody agreement regarding a Canadian child born to Trinidadian parents would continue to be binding if all parties returned to Trinidad and Tobago, and whether there is a Canadian law offering protection to a Canadian child from his abusive father if both are in Trinidad and Tobago
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TTO18086.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Trinidad and Tobago: Information on whether a Canadian legal custody agreement regarding a Canadian child born to Trinidadian parents would continue to be binding if all parties returned to Trinidad and Tobago, and whether there is a Canadian law offering protection to a Canadian child from his abusive father if both are in Trinidad and Tobago, 1 August 1994, TTO18086.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1f2f.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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According to a representative of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) in Trinidad and Tobago, a Canadian legal custody agreement regarding a Canadian child would continue to be binding if all parties returned to Trinidad and Tobago (29 July 1994). Further or corroborative information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Information on whether there is a Canadian law offering proctection to a Canadian child from his abusive father if both parties returned to Trinidad and Tobago could not be obtained through written or oral sources that are currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Reference
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), Trinidad and Tobago. 29 July 1994. Letter faxed to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Attachments
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), Trinidad and Tobago. 29 July 1994. Letter faxed to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation, Information and Research Services, Ottawa. 28 July 1994. Letter faxed to the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) in Trinidad and Tobago.
Additional Sources Consulted
Groffier, Ethel. Marriages et régimes matrimoniaux étrangers. 1987.
On-line search and oral sources.
