Help bring Rita and Maria home

I have been involved in an international parental abduction case of my two daughters, Rita and Maria Squalli, 11 and 6. My husband, Jay Squalli,  abducted the children from Toronto, ON in April, 2018 and travelled with them to the UAE. He obtained my travel consent under the false pretext that his mother was seriously ill in Morocco and that due to her quickly worsening condition she requested to see the grandchildren in Morocco. However, he never travelled to Morocco.

After the father informed me that he was not bringing the girls back to Toronto, I obtained the court order in Ontario granting me the sole custody and ordering the return of my children to Ontario. When the father and the children travelled to Morocco for summer holidays, I left my employment in Ontario and initiated the Hague proceedings here. Morocco is a signatory to the Hague Convention, an international treaty that provides an expeditious method to return internationally abducted children to their habitual residence. I  am currently in Morocco seeking the return of my daughters to Canada.

The children were ordered to return to Canada in November, 2018. However, I am still fighting to bring my children back and facing challenges with executing the return order  in Morocco. It has been a  tough, 11-month long battle navigating  the Canadian and Moroccan legal and court systems. It has also been a heart wrenching journey of not knowing when my children can return home. I hope in the end justice will prevail, because every  child has the right to have both parents in their lives. Please support me with raising funds for the lawyers' fees in Morocco and Canada and the cost of the reunification therapy for my children.