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Elizabeth Morgan case (view source)
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The '''Elizabeth Morgan case''' was a high-publicized child custody struggle initially located in Washington D.C. and later in New Zealand. Over 1000 news articles were published on it. It cost the litigants in attorneys fees, expert witness and court costs etc. a combined total of over $4 million. As the struggle stretched out over many years and beyond the borders of the USA, it involved two [[Act of Congress|Acts of Congress]].<ref>Carbone, June and Harris, Leslie J., 2007, "Family Law Armageddon", Chapter in "Family Law Stories" Sanger, Carol, ISBN 1599410206 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=983770</ref><ref>http://www.laweekly.com/news/morgan-vs-foretich-twenty-years-later-2158156</ref>
The '''Elizabeth Morgan case''' was a high-publicized child custody struggle initially located in Washington D.C. and later in New Zealand. Over 1000 news articles were published on it. It cost the litigants in attorneys fees, expert witness and court costs etc. a combined total of over $4 million. As the struggle stretched out over many years and beyond the borders of the USA, it involved two [[Act of Congress|Acts of Congress]].<ref>Carbone, June and Harris, Leslie J., 2007, "Family Law Armageddon", Chapter in "Family Law Stories" Sanger, Carol, ISBN 1599410206 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=983770</ref><ref>http://www.laweekly.com/news/morgan-vs-foretich-twenty-years-later-2158156</ref>
The U.S. Congress intervened twice to see that the existing laws did not apply to Elizabeth Morgan. Once in 1989 and again in 1996. See below. After being freed on September 25, 1989, Morgan traveled to New Zealand and rejoin Hilary and the grandparents. Foretich searched and was able to locate Hilary in Christchurch in February 1990. After attempting to resume the custody struggle under New Zealand law, Foretich gave up, in part because of the financial burden of pursuing the matter. Morgan and family returned to the USA in 1997 after the second congressional intervention, freed of Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr.'s jurisdiction in DC family court.
It was Morgan’s father who first suggested that Foretich might be abusing Hilary. When Hilary was less than a year old, he insisted that Morgan take her to the emergency room to be examined for sexual abuse because her thighs were red when she returned
from an overnight visit. The doctor on duty diagnosed diaper rash. Morgan initially rejected her father’s suspicions, but by January 1985, when Hilary was two-and-a-half, she too had begun to allege that Foretich was sexually abusing Hilary and on that ground sought to reduce or eliminate his visitation rights.
The U.S. Congress intervened twice to see that the existing laws did not apply to Elizabeth Morgan. Once in 1989 and again in 1996. After being freed on September 25, 1989, Morgan traveled to New Zealand and rejoin Hilary and the grandparents. Foretich searched and was able to locate Hilary in Christchurch in February 1990. After attempting to resume the custody struggle under New Zealand law, Foretich gave up, in part because of the financial burden of pursuing the matter. Morgan and family returned to the USA in 1997 after the second congressional intervention, freed of Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr.'s jurisdiction in DC family court.
Elizabeth Morgan was later involved in the [[Elsa Newman case]].
Elizabeth Morgan was later involved in the [[Elsa Newman case]].