Maria Conesa Gonzalez

Practice Areas

Maria specialises in children related matters and cross border disputes, such as child abduction, registration and enforcement of foreign orders or applications for leave to remove. She is accredited by Resolution as a Specialist on private law children and child abduction reflecting her experience in those areas of law. Maria appears as recommended lawyer by the Legal 500 Editorial in 2017 for the first time who described her as “Very experienced in Cross-border disputes”. Since then, she has continued to be recommended in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions, with one of the testimonials on the 2024 edition describing her as “The standout of the firm. She is incredible in her practice and very down to earth, making her approachable and a stand out in her field. She has an eye for detail”.

Professional Memberships

Maria is a member of Resolution, accredited as a specialist on private law children and child abduction; a member of the Child Abduction Lawyers Association (CALA); of the Spanish Association of Family Lawyers (AEAFA); recommended solicitor by Reunite International as a specialist on child abduction matters; and a member of the commission of young solicitors at AIJUDEFA. She is also registered with Murcia Bar Association in Spain and a member of its International Private Law Commission.

Languages Spoken

Maria speaks fluent Spanish and English and understands Italian.

Maria is also qualified as a Spanish lawyer, “Abogada”, and registered with the Murcia Bar Society in Spain and is a member of its commission on international private law.

Work Highlights

Maria’s reported cases include:

Re B (A Minor: Habitual Residence) [2016] EWHC 2174 (Fam), regarding the return of the parties’ daughter to the US under the Hague Convention 1989.

Re A (Children) [2019] EWHC 2334 (Fam) representing one of the interveners at a Fact Finding hearing within wardship proceedings.

Re T (A child: Application to Permanently Relocate) [2023] EWHC 545 (Fam)

Child A and Child B, Re (Paternity: Identical Twins) [2024] EWFC 132 (B)

Experience

- Private law children matters

- International relocation

- Cross border children disputes

- Child abduction

- Wardship

- Enforcement of orders, including foreign orders