see also: Removal from jurisdiction
Case summary | Title | Reference |
Practice Note Child Abduction unit - Lord Chancellor's Department | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 804 | |
Abduction - Acquiescence - Child in care of parent serving prison term | Re D (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 36 |
Abduction - Acquiescence - Failing to seek summary return | Re B (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 818 |
Abduction - Acquiescence - Letter to solicitors from father stating he would reluctantly consider children remaining abroad | Re I (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 778 |
Abduction - Adoption - US twins | FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL v K [Family Division] | [2001] 2 F.L.R. 476 |
Abduction - Asylum - Summary return | RE S (CHILD ABDUCTION: ASYLUM APPEAL) [Family Division] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 437 |
Abduction - Asylum appeal - Summary return to country of origin under wardship jurisdiction | RE S (CHILD ABDUCTION: ASYLUM APPEAL) [Court of Appeal] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 465 |
Abduction - Child abuse - Child retained by parent on basis of allegations of abuse | Re S (Abduction: Return into Care) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 843 |
Abduction - Child brought to England from France by father in breach of non-removal order - Exercise of court's discretion | VIGREUX v MICHEL [Court of Appeal] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 1180 |
Abduction - Child brought to England from Spain by father - Mother's application under Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 compromised on basis that child would live with father | Re M (Abduction: Conflict of Jurisdiction) [Family Division] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 372 |
Abduction - Child objecting to return - Separate representation of child | RE J (ABDUCTION: CHILD'S OBJECTIONS TO RETURN) [Court of Appeal] | [2004] 2 F.L.R. 64 |
Abduction - Child objecting to return - Whether exercise of discretion to refuse a return | RE L (ABDUCTION: CHILD'S OBJECTIONS TO RETURN) [Family Division] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 1042 |
Abduction - Child of 16 - Application for return made when child only 15 | Re H (Abduction:Child of 16) [Family Division] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 51 |
Abduction - Children's views - Genuine and independent objection to return | ZAFFINO v ZAFFINO (ABDUCTION: CHILDREN'S VIEWS) [Court of Appeal] | [2006] 1 F.L.R. 410 |
Abduction - Child's views - Age of child | RE J AND K (ABDUCTION: OBJECTIONS OF CHILD) [Family Division] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 273 |
Abduction - Consent - Acquiescence | Re M (Abduction) (Consent: Acquiescence) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 171 |
Abduction - Consent - Expert evidence from each side | RE P (ABDUCTION: CONSENT) [Court of Appeal] | [2004] 2 F.L.R. 1057 |
Abduction - Consent - Unequivocal consent | T v T (Abduction: Consent) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 912 |
Abduction - Consent established - Judicial discretion | Re D(Abduction:Discretionary Return) [Family Division] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 24 |
Abduction - Custody rights - Determination sought from requesting state | RE D (ABDUCTION: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY) [House of Lords] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 961 |
Abduction - Custody rights - Unmarried father | RE J (ABDUCTION: ACQUIRING CUSTODY RIGHTS BY CARING FOR CHILD) [Family Division] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 791 |
Abduction - Custody rights - Whether imprisonment suspended custody rights | RE A (ABDUCTION: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY: IMPRISONMENT) [Family Division] | [2004] 1 F.L.R. 1 |
Abduction - Declaration of wrongful removal - Unmarried father seeking parental responsibility order | Re J (Abduction: Declaration of Wrongful Removal) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 653 |
Abduction - Defences - Grave risk of psychological harm | Re C (Abduction: Grave Risk of Psychological Harm) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 1145 |
Abduction - Defences - Grave risk or intolerable situation | RE W (ABDUCTION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) [Family Division] | [2004] 2 F.L.R. 499 |
Abduction - Evidence - Absence of opportunity to counter evidence of harm | RE H (ABDUCTION: DOMINICA: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT) [Court of Appeal] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 72 |
Abduction - Evidence - Disclosure to immigration authorities | Re B (Abduction: False Immigration Information) [Family Division] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 835 |
Abduction - Ex parte order for return - Whether abducting parent deprived of fair trial Human rights | Re J (Abduction: Wrongful Removal) [Court of Appeal] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 78 |
Abduction - Extradition - Habeas corpus | O v Governor of Holloway Prison and Government of the USA [Queen's Bench Division] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 147 |
Abduction - Grave risk of harm - Mother feared second husband | TB v JB (ABDUCTION: GRAVE RISK OF HARM) [Court of Appeal] | [2001] 2 F.L.R. 515 |
Abduction - Grave risk of harm or intolerable situation - Potential splitting of family if return ordered | Re C (Abduction: Grave Risk of Physical or Psychological Harm) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 478 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Brief stay in Spain | Re N (Abduction: Habitual Residence) [Family Division] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 899 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Consent | Re H (Abduction:Habitual Residence Consent) [Family Divison] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 294 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Consent order in Australia regulating residence and schooling in England | E v E [Family Division] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 1977 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Family Law Act 1986, s. 41 | RE S (A CHILD: ABDUCTION) [Court of Appeal] | [2003] 1 F.L.R. 1008 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Inherent jurisdiction | RE D (ABDUCTION: HABITUAL RESIDENCE) [Family Division] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 403 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Right of custody/access | RE G (ABDUCTION: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY) [Family Division] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 703 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Surrogacy | W AND B v H (CHILD ABDUCTION: SURROGACY) [Family Division] | [2002] 1 F.L.R. 1008 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Test applied | RE R (ABDUCTION: HABITUAL RESIDENCE) [Family Division] | [2004] 1 F.L.R. 216 |
Abduction - Habitual residence - Unilateral decision by one parent to remain abroad with children | B v H (HABITUAL RESIDENCE: WARDSHIP) [Family Division] | [2002] 1 F.L.R. 388 |
Abduction - Hague Abduction Convention -Refusal to return | RE A (ABDUCTION: HABITUAL RESIDENCE) [FD] | [2007] 2 F.L.R. 129 |
Abduction - Hague Convention - Father Iraqi national and mother USA national wishing to meet in England after father abducted child | A v A (Abduction: Jurisdiction) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 341 |
Abduction - Hague Convention - Habitual residence | Re M (Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1996] 1 F.L.R. 887 |
Abduction - Hague Convention 1980 - Defences | RE M (ABDUCTION: CHILD'S OBJECTIONS) [CA] | [2007] 2 F.L.R. 72 |
Abduction - Hague Convention Proceedings - Joinder of child as a party | RE H (ABDUCTION) [Court of Appeal] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 242 |
Abduction - Hague Convention, Art 12 - Settlement | RE C (ABDUCTION: SETTLEMENT) [Family Division] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 127 |
Abduction - Human rights - Application in non-Convention country | RE J (CHILD RETURNED ABROAD: HUMAN RIGHTS) [Court of Appeal] | [2004] 2 F.L.R. 85 |
Abduction - Human rights - Return under Hague Convention potential breach of rights | S v B (ABDUCTION: HUMAN RIGHTS) [Family Division] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 878 |
Abduction - Immigration - No right to return to country of habitual residence | RE R (ABDUCTION: IMMIGRATION CONCERNS) [Family Division] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 33 |
Abduction - Inherent jurisdiction - Forum | T v R (ABDUCTION: FORUM CONVENIENS) [Court of Appeal] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 544 |
Abduction - Intolerable situation - Lack of impartiality of Israeli Beth Din | Re S (Abduction: Intolerable situation: Beth Din [Family Division] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 454 |
Abduction - Intolerable situation - Mother's physical fear of father | Re M (Abduction:Intolerable Situation) [Family Divison] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 930 |
Abduction - Intolerable situation - Views of child | Re T (Abduction: Child's Objections to Return) [Court of Appeal] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 192 |
Abduction - Jurisdiction - Order under Hague Convention by foreign court | Re L (Abduction: Pending Criminal Proceedings) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 433 |
Abduction - Leave to appeal - Intolerable situation | Re M (Abduction: Leave to Appeal) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 550 |
Abduction - Non-Convention country - Lengthy period of negotiation | Re Z (Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 1270 |
Abduction - Non-Convention country - Welfare of child | Re E (Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 642 |
Abduction - Non-Convention country - Whether duty of court to determine the question of a peremptory return | Re JA (Child Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 231 |
Abduction - Non-Hague Convention countries - Saudi Arabia | RE J (CHILD RETURNED ABROAD: CONVENTION RIGHTS) [House of Lords] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 802 |
Abduction - Obligation to hear the child - Obligation to conclude proceedings within 6 weeks | RE F (ABDUCTION: CHILD'S WISHES) [CA] | [2007] 2 F.L.R. 697 |
Abduction - Pakistan - Child returned to country of habitual residence for determination of future | RE H (CHILD ABDUCTION: MOTHER'S ASYLUM) [Family Division] | [2003] 2 F.L.R. 1105 |
Abduction - Procedure - Collaboration with foreign jurisdictions | Re M and J (Abduction: International Judicial Collaboration) [Family Division] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 803 |
Abduction - Recognition of foreign judgment - Habitual residence | RE T AND J (ABDUCTION: RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN JUDGMENT) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 1290 |
Abduction - Residence order - Four-year separation from daughter | RE C (ABDUCTION: RESIDENCE AND CONTACT) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 277 |
Abduction - Return order made under Hague Convention - Whether there is power temporarily to lift stay on domestic proceedings to make detailed provisions in a late hearing of any disputed welfare issues, including authorising a CAFCASS officer to visit the child abroad | RE EC (CHILD ABDUCTION: STAYED PROCEEDINGS) [Court of Appeal] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 57 |
Abduction - Rights of custody - Court's rights of custody | Re H. (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [House of Lords] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 374 |
Abduction - Rights of custody - Habitual residence | RE S (ABDUCTION: CUSTODY RIGHTS) [Court of Appeal] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 815 |
Abduction - Rights of Custody - Irish court granting interim custody to mother and access to father | Re H (Abduction:Rights of Custody) [Court of Appeal] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 201 |
Abduction - Rights of custody - Right to be informed about plan to leave country of habitual residence | Re V-B (Abduction: Custody Rights) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 192 |
Abduction - Rights of custody - Unmarried parents | RE E (ABDUCTION: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY) [Family Division] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 759 |
Abduction - Risk of physical danger and emotional harm - Rigorous scrutiny of abductor's evidence | RE D (ARTICLE 13B: NON-RETURN) [Court of Appeal] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 305 |
Abduction - Settlement - Physical and emotional settlement | RE C (ABDUCTION: SETTLEMENT) (NO 2) [Family Division] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 938 |
Abduction - Settlement - Physical settlement for over one year | CANNON v CANNON [Court of Appeal] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 169 |
Abduction - Summary return - Brussels II Revised, Art 11 | RE A (CUSTODY DECISION AFTER MALTESE NON-RETURN ORDER) [Family Division] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 1923 |
Abduction - Unmarried father - Rights of custody | RE H (CHILD ABDUCTION) (UNMARRIED FATHER: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY) [Family Division] | [2003] 2 F.L.R. 153 |
Abduction - Wrongful removal - Custody rights | Re C (Abduction: Wrongful Removal) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 859 |
Abduction - Wrongful removal - Custody rights | Re D (Abduction: Custody Rights) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 626 |
Abduction - Wrongful retention - Child placed in UK by Texan adoption agency | Re JS (Private International Adoption) [Family Division] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 638 |
Child - Child abduction - Mother removing child out of country of habitual residence without father's consent | Re C (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1989] 1 F.L.R. 403 |
Child - Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing child out of country of habitual residence | Re G (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1989] 2 F.L.R. 475 |
Child - Child abduction - Wrongful retention of child by father outside country of habitual residence | Re E (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1989] 1 F.L.R. 135 |
Child - Child abduction - Wrongful retention of child by mother outside country of habitual residence | Re A (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1988] 1 F.L.R. 365 |
Child - Custody - Child abduction | Re F (Minors) (Custody: Foreign Order) | [1989] 1 F.L.R. 335 |
Child - Joining as party to proceedings - Abduction | RE F (ABDUCTION: JOINDER OF CHILD AS PARTY) [CA] | [2007] 2 F.L.R. 313 |
Child - Separate representation - Child in care in Ireland going to live with mother in England and wishing to remain there | Re T (Abduction: Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 796 |
Child abduction - Abduction from country where Hague Convention not yet ratified - Mother removing children wrongfully from country of habitual residence | D v D (Child Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 137 |
Child abduction - Access - Rights of access under Hague Convention | Re T and Others (Minors) (Hague Convention: Access) | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 617 |
Child abduction - Access - Rights of access within Hague Convention Canadian court granting custody to mother and staying access to father | Re G (A Minor) (Hague Convention: Access) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 669 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Child brought to England from Cyprus by mother | P v P (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 630 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Child wrongfully retained and cared for by mother's sister | Re AZ (A Minor) (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 682 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Children's wishes and feelings | Re R (Child Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 716 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Consenting to making of full residence order | Re D (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 686 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Legal advice | Re S (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 115 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Mother removing children wrongfully from country of habitual residence | Re S (Minors) (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 819 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Whether deception by father precluding him from denying acquiescence | Re S (Child Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 893 |
Child abduction - Acquiescence - Whether wronged parent had consented to or subsequently acquiesced in removal or retention of children | Re H (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 872 |
Child abduction - Admission of oral evidence in Hague Convention cases - Whether father had acquiesced in mother's wrongful retention of children in England | Re K (Abduction: Child's Objections) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 977 |
Child abduction - Agreement between the parties for joint custody and for child to remain with father in country of habitual residence with access to mother abroad - Mother seeking to remove child from country of habitual residence | Re G (A Minor) (Child Abduction: Enforcement) | [1990] 2 F.L.R. 325 |
Child abduction - Application of Hague Convention to non-Convention cases - Mother removing child from country of habitual residence not a party to Hague Convention | S v S (Child Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 681 |
Child abduction - Application under Art 13 of Hague Convention and Art 10(1)(b) of European Convention by grandparents - Weight to be placed upon child's wishes | Re R (Abduction: Hague and European Conventions) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 663 |
Child abduction - Both parents having rights of custody - Young child living with mother in England | Re A (Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 497 |
Child abduction - Child abuse - Violence against children by paternal family in Dominica | RE H (ABDUCTION: NON-CONVENTION APPLICATION) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 314 |
Child abduction - Child brought to England from USA by mother - Mother retaining child | Re B (Abduction: Article 13 Defence) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 573 |
Child abduction - Child habitually resident in Colorado - Removal of child by mother not in breach of Colorado law | Re F (Child Abduction: Risk if Returned) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 31 |
Child abduction - Child habitually resident in Texas - Mother removing child to England | Re K (Abduction: Consent) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 212 |
Child abduction - Children habitually resident in Pennsylvania - Mother removing children to England | Re R (Abduction: Consent) | [1999] 1 F.L.R. 828 |
Child abduction - Children habitually resident in Republic of Ireland - Mother bringing children to England | Re B (Abduction: Children's Objections) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 667 |
Child abduction - Children habitually resident in USA - Mother and children failing to return to USA after visit to England | Re G (Abduction: Psychological Harm) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 64 |
Child abduction - Children ordered to be returned to Israel forthwith - Mother and children going missing | Re S (Abduction: Sequestration) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 858 |
Child abduction - Children removed from jurisdiction of courts of habitual residence in breach of custody order - Removals taking place before the coming into force of the Convention in the countries concerned | Re H; Re S (Abduction: Custody Rights) | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 262 |
Child abduction - Children wrongfully removed by mother from jurisdiction of country of their habitual residence - Father applying for return of children | P v P (Minors) (Child Abduction) | [1992] 1 F.L.R. 155 |
Child abduction - Child's wishes - Order that child be returned to Denmark | Re HB (Abduction: Children's Objections) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 422 |
Child abduction - Consent - Acquiescence | Re D (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 335 |
Child abduction - Consent - Acquiescence | Re O (Abduction: Consent and Acquiescence) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 924 |
Child abduction - Costs - Whether costs could be awarded against publicly funded plaintiff in child abduction case | EC-L v DM (CHILD ABDUCTION: COSTS) [Family Division] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 772 |
Child abduction - Court ordering return of children to father in Israel on compliance by father with undertakings - Mother applying for order to be set aside | Re M (Abduction: Undertakings) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 1021 |
Child abduction - Custody - Mother wrongfully retaining children in England | H v H (Child Abduction: Stay of Domestic Proceedings) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 530 |
Child abduction - Custody - Parents having joint custody | Re S (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 1 |
Child abduction - Custody - Parents resident in Israel | Re F (A Minor) (ABduction: Jurisdiction) | [1991] 1 F.L.R. 1 |
Child abduction - Custody - Unmarried parents and child resident in Australia | C v S (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1990] 2 F.L.R. 442 |
Child abduction - Declaration - Mother taking child to California | Re P (Abduction: Declaration) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 831 |
Child abduction - Directions hearing - Application by children to be joined as parties and separately represented | Re S (Abduction: Children: Separate Representation) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 486 |
Child abduction - Divorce - Children | M v M (Abduction: England and Scotland) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 263 |
Child abduction - Divorce proceedings pending in Ontario court - Mother taking child to England before substantive hearing of proceedings | B v B (Abduction) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 238 |
Child abduction - English parents living in Spain - Mother removing child to England | RE JB (CHILD ABDUCTION) (RIGHTS OF CUSTODY: SPAIN) [Family Division] | [2004] 1 F.L.R. 796 |
Child abduction - European Convention - Mother removing children from Ireland without father's consent | Re M (Child Abduction) (European Convention) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 551 |
Child abduction - Ex parte application - Declaration that removal of the child to Denmark was unlawful under Art 12 of the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Custody Decisions | Re S (Abduction: European Convention) | [1996] 1 F.L.R. 660 |
Child abduction - Family resident in England travelling to Australia possibly with intention of remaining there - Relationship of parents deteriorating | Re F (A Minor) (Child Abduction) | [1992] 1 F.L.R. 548 |
Child abduction - Farther removing child out of habitual residence - Mother obtaining order for custody | Re K (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1990] 1 F.L.R. 387 |
Child abduction - Father consenting to mother's return to England in breach of American order - Parties' understanding as to permanence of mother's return to England in dispute | Re G (Abduction: Striking out Application) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 410 |
Child abduction - Father removing child from Australia without mother's consent - Mother applying to English court for return of child | V v B (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1991] 1 F.L.R. 266 |
Child abduction - Father retaining children in England and obtaining ex parte order restraining their return to Germany pending hearing of matrimonial and family proceedings - Mother applying for return of children to Germany under Hague Convention | Re B (Minors) (Abduction) (No 2) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 993 |
Child abduction - Father taking children from jurisdiction of court of Ontario in breach of custody rights in March 1986 - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction | Re H (Minors) (Abduction: Custody Rights) | [1991] 1 F.L.R. 95 |
Child abduction - Habitual residence - Acquiescence | A v A (Child Abduction) | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 225 |
Child abduction - Habitual residence - Forum conveniens | Re K (Abduction: Consent: Forum Conveniens) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 211 |
Child abduction - Habitual residence - Greek father and English mother living with children in London in winter and in Corfu during tourist season | Re V (Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 992 |
Child abduction - Habitual residence - Mother taking child from Canada to England by agreement with father and acquiring habitual residence in England | Re B (Child Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 915 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Art 13(b) exception | RE H (ABDUCTION: GRAVE RISK) [Court of Appeal] | [2003] 2 F.L.R. 141 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Child living in Australia | Re B (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 249 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Children habitually resident in USA | Re C (Abduction: Consent) | [1996] 1 F.L.R. 414 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Child's objections to return | C v B (ABDUCTION: GRAVE RISK) [Family Division] | [2006] 1 F.L.R. 1095 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Father seeking return of children to Greece | Re O (Child Abduction: Undertakings) | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 349 |
Child Abduction - Hague Convention - Habitual Residency in the USA | RE A (ABDUCTION: HABITUAL RESIDENCE: CONSENT) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 1 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Mother removing child | P v P (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 835 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Mother resident in England as wife of USA serviceman | Re O (A Minor) (Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 594 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Re-abduction in breach of injunction | BEST v HESKETH [Court of Appeal] | [2006] 1 F.L.R. 593 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Rights of custody | HUNTER v MURROW (ABDUCTION: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY) [Court of Appeal] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 1119 |
Child Abduction - Hague Convention - Unlawful removal of child from the USA | RE C (CHILD ABDUCTION: SETTLEMENT) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 797 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Unmarried father | RE F (ABDUCTION: UNMARRIED FATHER: SOLE CARER) [Family Division] | [2003] 1 F.L.R. 839 |
Child Abduction - Hague Convention - Violation of Article 8 right to family life | IOSUB CARAS v ROMANIA [European Court of Human Rights] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 661 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention - Whether children habitually resident in Israel at date of their removal | H v H (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1996] 2 F.L.R. 570 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - Mothers removing children from country of habitual residence | Re W; Re B (Child Abduction: Unmarried Father) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 146 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 - Rights of custody | RE C (CHILD ABDUCTION) (UNMARRIED FATHER: RIGHTS OF CUSTODY) [Family Division] | [2003] 1 F.L.R. 252 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, Art 13(b) - Mother leaving family residence in South Africa to take child to UK | RE W (ABDUCTION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) [Court of Appeal] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 727 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, Art 3 - Child living with grandparents in Germany prior to mother removing her to England | Re O (Child Abduction: Custody Rights) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 702 |
Child abduction - Hague Convention proceedings - Oral evidence | Re W (Abduction: Procedure) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 878 |
Child abduction - Illegitimate child removed by grandmother and aunt from jurisdiction after death of mother - Father applying for return of child | Re S (Custody: Habitual Residence) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 122 |
Child abduction - Immunity - US diplomat father based in London | Re P (Diplomatic Immunity: Jurisdiction) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 1026 |
Child abduction - Judge ordering return of abducted 13-year-old boy to mother in Ireland - Boy objecting to return to mother and to Ireland | Re M (A Minor) (Abduction: Child's Objections) | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 126 |
Child abduction - Man accosting children and causing them to accompany him - Children taken to places normally frequented by them with consent of parents | R v Leather | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 770 |
Child abduction - Mother applying for return to Denmark of children wrongfully retained by father in England - Children aged 13 and 11 strongly objecting to being returned | Re HB (Abduction: Children's Objections) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 392 |
Child abduction - Mother granted interim custody of child by Canadian court - Mother taking child to England without obtaining necessary leave of court | Re H (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1990] 2 F.L.R. 439 |
Child abduction - Mother removing child from jurisdiction - Father instituting proceedings in English courts | Re B (Abduction) (Rights of Custody) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 594 |
Child abduction - Mother removing child from USA - Breach of US injunction | Re K (Abduction: Psychological Harm) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 550 |
Child abduction - Mother removing child wrongfully from country of habitual residence - Father applying for child's return | S v S (Child Abduction) (Child's Views) | [1992] 2 F.L.R. 492 |
Child abduction - Mother removing child wrongfully from country of habitual residence - Father applying for child's return | S v S (Child Abduction) | [1992] 2 F.L.R. 31 |
Child abduction - Mother removing child wrongfully from place of habitual residence - Whether a grave risk that child's return would expose him to psychological harm or place him in intolerable situation | Re L (Child Abduction) (Psychological Harm) | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 401 |
Child abduction - Mother removing children from Australia by deceit - Risk of grave psychological harm to children | N v N (Abduction: Article 13 Defence) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 107 |
Child abduction - Mother removing children from country of habitual residence and taking them to England - Father applying in English court for order for return of children | G v G (Minors: Abduction) | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 506 |
Child abduction - Mother removing children out of country of habitual residence without father's consent - Father applying for children's return under Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 | Re N (Minors) (Abduction) | [1991] 1 F.L.R. 413 |
Child abduction - Mother retaining children wrongfully outside jurisdiction - Father applying for return of children under Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 | Re A and Another (Minors: Abduction) | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 241 |
Child abduction - Mother taking child to England for holiday and retaining him after expiry of holiday period - Whether retention of child wrongful | W v W (Child Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 211 |
Child abduction - Mother taking children from Tenerife to England without father's knowledge or consent and in breach of Tenerife court order - Mother obtaining decree nisi of divorce in England and applying for residence order | R v R (Residence Order: Child Abduction) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 625 |
Child abduction - Mother with sole custody taking child from Italy to England - Italian father with access rights applying for summary return of child | S v H (Abduction: Access Rights) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 971 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing child from country of habitual residence - Mother subsequently returning child and then removing child again | Re S (Child Abduction: Delay) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 651 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing child from German jurisdiction - Guardian applying for return of child under Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 | Re R (A Minor: Abduction) | [1992] 1 F.L.R. 105 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing child from USA - Order made for return of child | Re P (Abduction: Minor's Views) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 825 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing children from Australia without father's consent - Father acquiescing in children's removal but subsequently applying for their return under Hague Convention | Re A (Minors) (Abduction: Acquiescence) (No 2) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 396 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing children from Australia without father's consent - Father indicating in letter that he would not press for their return | Re A (Minors) (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1992] 2 F.L.R. 14 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing children from country of habitual residence - Court making consent order for their return | Re M (A Minor) (Child Abduction) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 390 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing children from State of habitual residence - Mother principally relying on exception in Art 13(b) of Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 that there was a grave risk that return of children would place them in intolerable situation | E v E (Child Abduction: Intolerable Situation) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 980 |
Child abduction - Mother wrongfully removing children to another Contracting State - Decision made in Contracting State not to order return of children to the State of habitual residence | Re O (Child Abduction: Re-Abduction) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 712 |
Child abduction - Non-Convention case - Father removing children from mother's care in Emirates and retaining them in England | T v T (Child Abduction: Non-Convention Country | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 1110 |
Child abduction - Non-Convention case - Mother wrongfully removing children from Pakistan | Re S (Minors) (Abduction) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 297 |
Child abduction - Non-Convention country - Child abducted to India | Re P (Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 780 |
Child abduction - Non-Convention country - Children removed from Italy by mother | Re M (Abduction: Non-Convention Country) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 89 |
Child abduction - Non-Convention country - Father serving in US navy | Re A (Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1996] 1 F.L.R. 1 |
Child abduction - Non-Convention country - Welfare of child | B v EL-B (ABDUCTION: SHARIA LAW: WELFARE OF CHILD) [Family Division] | [2003] 1 F.L.R. 811 |
Child abduction - Order for return - Child's refusal to comply | Re HB (Abduction: Children's Objections) (No 2) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 564 |
Child abduction - Parents and children habitually resident in Ireland - Mother leaving matrimonial home with children | Re L (Child Abduction: European Convention) | [1992] 2 F.L.R. 178 |
Child abduction - Parents removing children from Ontario to England - Children's maternal grandmother in Ontario granted sole custody | The Ontario Court v M and M (Abduction: Children's Objections) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 475 |
Child abduction - Parents resident in Greece - Mother removing child from Greece without father's consent | Re M (Abduction: Acquiescence) | [1996] 1 F.L.R. 315 |
Child abduction - Peremptory return order - Dubai country of habitual residence | Re M (Abduction: Peremptory Return Order) | [1996] 1 F.L.R. 478 |
Child abduction - Privilege - Father abducting children and disclosing whereabouts only to his solicitor | Re B (Abduction: Disclosure) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 774 |
Child abduction - Removal from Spain to England - Hague Convention, Arts 3 and 13 | RE L (A CHILD) [Family Division] | [2006] 1 F.L.R. 843 |
Child abduction - Right to family life - Albanian authorities' failure to enforce custody order in favour of father | BAJRAMI v ALBANIA [European Court of Human Rights] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 1629 |
Child abduction - Rights of custody - Mother died | Re S (Abduction: Hague and European Conventions) | [1997] 1 F.L.R. 958 |
Child abduction - Supreme Court of State of New York granting custody to mother with access to father - Mother taking children to England without informing father | C v C (Minors) (Child Abduction) | [1992] 1 F.L.R. 163 |
Child abduction - Unmarried fathers - Rights of custody | Practice Note: Hague Convention: Applications by Fathers without Parental Responsibility | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 491 |
Child abduction - Wardship - Father abducting children to Algeria | Re B (Child Abduction: Wardship: Power to Detain) | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 479 |
Child abduction - Wardship - Jurisdication | Re R (Wardship: Child Abduction) (No 2) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 249 |
Child Abduction - Wardship - Jurisdiction | Re R (Wardship: Child Abduction) | [1992] 2 F.L.R. 481 |
Child abduction - Wardship - Mother having interim care and control of ward | Re J (A Minor) (Abduction) | [1990] 1 F.L.R. 276 |
Child abduction - Wrongful removal - Status of foetus | RE F (ABDUCTION: UNBORN CHILD) [Family Division] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 627 |
Child abduction - Wrongful removal or retention - Prior consent | Re R (Minors) (Abduction) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 190 |
Child abduction - Wrongful retention - Habitual residence | Re N (Child Abduction: Habitual Residence) | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 124 |
Child abduction - Wrongful retention - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, Art 3 | Re S (Minors) (Child Abduction: Wrongful Retention) | [1994] 1 F.L.R. 82 |
Child abduction - Wrongful retention of children by mother outside country of habitual residence - Father applying for children to be returned to him | Re M (Child Abduction: Psychological Harm) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 690 |
Child kidnapping - Child abduction - Father taking child out of jurisdiction without consent of mother | R v C (Kidnapping: Abduction) | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 252 |
Children - Abduction - Court's power to require witnesses to disclose abducted child's whereabouts | Note Re D (A Minor) (Child Abduction) | [1989] 1 F.L.R. 97 |
Contact - Mother having care and control of child - Father abducting child and taking him to Iran | Re A-K (Foreign Passport: Jurisdiction) | [1997] 2 F.L.R. 569 |
Contact - Risk of violence to mother - Risk of abduction of child | RE A (CONTACT: WITNESS PROTECTION SCHEME) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 551 |
Costs - Child abduction - Applicant legally aided | Re R (Costs: Child Abduction) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 774 |
Enforcement - Foreign judgment - Decision concerning children | Re L (Abduction: European Convention: Access) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 1089 |
Family proceedings - Leave to remove child from jurisdiction - Forced return to jurisdiction following abduction to New Zealand | PAYNE v PAYNE [Court of appeal] | [2001] 1 F.L.R. 1052 |
Human rights - Right to respect for family life - Abduction | SYLVESTER v AUSTRIA [European Court of Human Rights] | [2003] 2 F.L.R. 210 |
Jurisdiction - Family proceedings - Child abduction | Re B (Minors) (Abduction) (No 1) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 988 |
Jurisdiction - Forum - Surrogate mother | W AND W v H (CHILD ABDUCTION: SURROGACY) No 2 [Family Division] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 252 |
Legal aid - Costs - Unassisted person's costs out of legal aid fund | Re H and Another (Minors) (Abduction: Custody Rights) (No 2) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 232 |
Residence order - Abduction - Mother abducting little boy | Re B (A Minor) (Residence Order: Ex Parte) | [1992] 2 F.L.R. 1 |
Wardship - Abduction - Forcible removal of child from England | Re KR (Abduction: Forcible Removal by Parents) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 542 |
Wardship - Whereabouts order - Legal professional privilege | Re H (Abduction: Whereabouts Order to Solicitors) [Family Division] | [2000] 1 F.L.R. 766 |
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