Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
         Comercio Internacional y Culto

         Reveived:  23 Sep 1996

         ARGENTINE CENTRAL AUTHORITY: OPERATION

         PETITION FOR RESTITUTION OR ACCESS ABROAD

         1 - The operation of the Argentine Central Authority is
         administrative and informative, it is always the Judicial Power
         who decides on the application.

         2 - Once the application is received at the Central Authority, we
         verify that the petition fulfills the Convention's requirements,
         and with the petitioner's authorization, we contact the
         respondent inviting him to accept voluntary restitution or
         access.

         3 - If the respondent fails to accept voluntary restitution or
         access, the application should be filed by a private attorney
         before the competent Court.  Likewise, the Central Authority
         sends a letter to the Judge in charge, informing about the
         Convention's operation, offering further cooperation.

         4 - The Argentine Central Authority doesn't represent
         individuals, who should hire a local lawyer to file the
         application before the Court.  Those petitioners that haven't got
         resources for the attorney fees, and are proved to be eligible to
         receive legal aid at their habitual residence country, will be
         represented by a Public Defender appointed by the Court.

         /s/ (Illegible)