Justices Will Take International Child Custody Case

“A.M.T.” was 8 weeks old when she was brought to the United States from Italy by her mother, who claims she was fleeing an abusive relationship.

Four years later, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case next term that could determine whether the girl can return to the U.S. with her mother, or whether she must remain in Italy, where she’s lived with her father since a court ordered her returned there.

It’s the fourth high court case in the past decade dealing with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which is intended ...