The English lawyer Marcos García Montes met for a second day today with María José Carrascosa, imprisoned in the United States for more than two years to prepare the trial defense facing for having led Spain to the daughter he had with an American. 'María José is relatively good, strong, reasonable and very sure of what you are doing, "said Efe García Montes, who has traveled to America to meet also with the New Jersey attorney leading the defense of English, Scott Finkennauer.
Carrascosa 's trial, which is also a lawyer, should have begun on 23 June, but an appeal by Carrascosa before the U.S. Supreme Court delayed the start until now. The judge handling the case, Donald Venezia, then determined that today should begin the process, but ultimately settled a further postponement, until 17 March.
García Montes told Efe that the reason for this postponement is 'personal choice' by the judge and argued that "have nothing to do with Mary, Joseph or with the agreement (court) that we proposed '.
English Counsel stressed the connection that has a draft that has sent the English justice ministry initiative of the defense of Peter Innes , Carrascosa's ex-husband, who also struggle to maintain custody of the daughter who both had in 2000, some months after marriage. Carrascosa argues that even during pregnancy, Innes began to abuse and threaten, and continued so until they separated in 2004.
The separation agreement provided for the custody conditions and rights and duties of parents, including that no one should leave the U.S. with the child without the consent of the other. However, Mary Joseph took the child to Spain without the consent of Peter saying that he had previously broken the terms of the agreement.
In Valencia, in July 2005 a court awarded custody to the mother. Later, Innes reported his former wife to kidnap the girl and a U.S. judge's ruling contradicted English to grant him custody of the child, while Carrascosa ordered to return the girl, even though the child's passport will be up English authorities until he turns 18.
also banned Carrascosa, who had returned to the U.S. in 2005 - that left New Jersey to comply with the order and warned that otherwise would be issued an arrest warrant and would be imprisoned until the small be returned to this country. Having gone so far as to hide from the authorities, Carrascosa was arrested and jailed in November 2006. "
'María José is adamant that the issue of custody that belongs to it's negotiable. So we have maintained at all times, even before the Hague Tribunal, and so will remain ', he insisted his English lawyer in New York about the possibility that the conflict was finally resolved through a settlement.
García Montes refused to provide details of how his client had received the news of the tentative agreement that the defense would have been sent Innes, although the actual ex-husband denies having made such Carrascosa thing. 'I do not know anything about it. I have no idea. If my lawyers were negotiating something, you know the second, "Efe said the American, who on Monday said the alleged agreement 'provides that I will resign and let Victoria (their daughter) to continue in Spain. But that's not going to happen. "
Still, the English lawyer insisted that from the English Ministry of Justice even been summoned to a meeting could take place in Madrid later this month, at a date that counsel would not specify.
According García Montes, is expected at first sight, to be held on 17 March, 'should be extended and to relocate the trial of crimes', which at present are eight charges related to custody and one for contempt.
(SOURCE: www.terra.es )
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It will convene a press conference tomorrow at 10:00 h, upon arrival at Madrid's lawyer Marcos Garcia Montes.
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