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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 42:11601 International Child Abduction Remedies Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

MARÍA MAGDALENA MARTINEZ )

GONZÁLEZ, )

)

 Petitioner, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 3:15cv282-MHT

) (WO)

THOMAS DAVID PRESTON, )

)

 Respondent. )

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the opinion entered this date, 

it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court 

that:

(1) Judgment is entered in favor of petitioner 

María Magdalena Martinez González and against 

respondent Thomas David Preston.

(2) Petitioner Martinez’s and respondent Preston’s 

two children are to be returned to petitioner 

Martinez’s custody in Mexico, subject to the 

independent determination by the Mexican courts 

of all issues related to the custody of the two 

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children, including whether petitioner Martinez 

should retain custody.

(3) The court will conduct supplemental proceedings 

before determining how the two children are to 

be expeditiously and safely returned to Mexico.

It is further ORDERED that respondent Preston and 

all persons acting in concert or participating with 

respondent Preston (including but not limited to his 

mother, Lurlie Cole Jennings) are still under all the 

provisions in the preliminary injunction (doc. no. 19) 

prohibiting them from removing his children from the 

area known as the “Valley,” including Lanett, Alabama 

and surrounding towns.

It is further ORDERED that petitioner Martinez is 

to recover attorneys’ fees and expenses from respondent 

Preston, and that she has until June 17, 2015, to file 

an appropriate motion for attorneys’ fees and expenses. 

It is further ORDERED that costs are taxed against 

respondent Preston, for which execution may issue.

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The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this 

document on the civil docket as a final judgment 

pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

This case is closed.

DONE, this the 20th day of May, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson____ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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