Mitchell: McCanns move funds from Madeleine Fund to another account.

[pegasus]

Would that wording cover any recovery action necessary should Madeleine be located in a country not a signatory to the Hague Convention?

You can read the current two objects of the documented fund at Companies House Misty it's free.
In the hypothetical event of recovery being needed from a non-HC country that would be handled by police and government not PIs.

[Carana]

I think JP might be able to shed more light on this in general terms of UK legislation if he pops in.

[pegasus]

I think JP might be able to shed more light on this in general terms of UK legislation if he pops in.

Sorry but anything french sounding reminds me of the original SIO's astounding claim that some people visited someone with a french sounding name in portugal to discuss, of all things, a minor provincial election. How ludicrous. But back to search expenditure, yes I imagine a trust fund could be set up to pay for search.

[Carana]

Sorry but you mentioning french sounding names reminds me of the original SIO's astounding claim that some people visited someone with a french sounding name to discuss, of all things, a minor provincial election. How ludicrous. But back to search expenditure, yes I imagine a trust fund could be set up to pay for search.

LOL Sorry, but I haven't the faintest idea what you're referring to.

[G-Unit]

A Trust Fund with Madeleine as the beneficiary would be the obvious solution and legally all details could be kept secret.

Once you put money int a Trust Fund you have no say in it's use (the trustees administer it) and you never get it back. If Madeleine was the beneficiary and she was never found the money would just sit there.

[misty]

LOL Sorry, but I haven't the faintest idea what you're referring to.

 Pegasus is referring to Amaral's contention of the "devious events involving the McCanns"  surrounding his removal as a candidate in the Olhao elections.

But yes, JP's input would be helpful. It's difficult in parental abduction cases to achieve repatriation & there was recently a programme on TV about people who have sustained massive personal expense in attempts to recover a child living outside the signatory countries. I am struggling to find details at present as to who pays for repatriation of human trafficking victims or children who are adopted abroad with false documentation.

[pegasus]

I think JP might be able to shed more light on this in general terms of UK legislation if he pops in.

"In a common sense and practical move, they have kept some money back from the Find Madeleine Fund in case it is needed for an ongoing search”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-ready-continue-6370581

Yes an expert opinion on how that might be structured would be welcome.

[ChloeR]

This really doesn't make much sense to me at all. I was under the impression that the 'fund' was meant to be used searching for Madeleine. if it is not, quite what do people donate to it for?

[jassi]

If the fund within a fund is for searching, it would imply that the other money in the fund is not for searching, but for some other, as yet, undisclosed purpose.

[G-Unit]

If the fund within a fund is for searching, it would imply that the other money in the fund is not for searching, but for some other, as yet, undisclosed purpose.

Court costs?

[mercury]

PR fees?

[pathfinder73]

The Wider Agenda.

[pegasus]

If the fund within a fund is for searching, it would imply that the other money in the fund is not for searching, but for some other, as yet, undisclosed purpose.

"kept some money back from the Find Madeleine Fund" implies a fund completely seperate from the MF

[misty]

"kept some money back from the Find Madeleine Fund" implies a fund completely seperate from the MF

It could equally mean that family money e.g, an inheritance, which may have otherwise been put into the FMF, can be used in future for any type of searching not deemed appropriate by the Fund.

[jassi]

It could equally mean that family money e.g, an inheritance, which may have otherwise been put into the FMF, can be used in future for any type of searching not deemed appropriate by the Fund.

Surely once money is donated to the fund it should remain as fund property, or can people who have donated ask for their money back?