New Jersey police confirmed on Thursday that a 3-year-old boy named Adolf Hitler Campbell and his two younger sisters JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell were removed from their New Jersey home by the state’s Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). In an interview with Fox News:

Forensic psychologist N.G. Berrill said naming a boy Hitler could be considered child abuse. “Part of it is the infantile nature of the parents’ behavior,” Berrill said. “You can name your dog something weird, but they think they’re making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a negative light until they’re able to change their name. It is abuse.”

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The Supreme Court is considering a case on whether a violation of a ne exeat clause (prohibiting one parent from removing a child from the country without the other parent’s consent) is a “wrongful removal” under Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.

We’ve added a new Subject Briefing with updates an analysis: Abbott v. Abbott (international child abduction)