H (A Child)

H (A Child)

The court found, on the balance of probabilities, that the father retained the mother and child's passports in Pakistan with the intention of stranding the mother and removing the child, and that the father's evidence was not credible.

Parties
Applicant: SR; Respondent: MR
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
07 April 2014
Procedural Posture
Family / Fact Finding Hearing
Outcome
Findings made against the father; mother’s account accepted.
Legal Topics
Child Custody, Passport Retention, Marital Breakdown, International Child Abduction
Family Law Child Custody Passport Retention Marital Breakdown International Child Abduction

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Parties

SR

Applicant

MR

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Family / Fact Finding Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the father retained the mother and child's passports in Pakistan to strand them
  2. 2 Whether the father's actions constituted a plan to remove the child from the mother
  3. 3 Credibility of parties regarding events at Lahore airport

Ratio Decidendi

The court found, on the balance of probabilities, that the father retained the mother and child's passports in Pakistan with the intention of stranding the mother and removing the child, and that the father's evidence was not credible.

Court Disposition

Findings made against the father; mother’s account accepted.