In Re C (Minors) (Abduction: Habitual Residence): CA 23 Feb 1999

Where children had clearly been unlawfully removed to live in this country, the distress necessarily occasioned by another move against the mother’s wishes was unlikely to prevent an order for their return to the country from which they had been removed, in the absence of clear evidence of a grave risk of harm.

Citations:

Gazette 10-Mar-1999, Times 23-Feb-1999, Gazette 23-Feb-1999

Statutes:

Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children

Updated: 28 April 2022; Ref: scu.81793