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The High Court held the children had become habitually resident in Kenya by mid-August 2025, so there was no wrongful retention and the mother’s return application failed.
MP, Re (A Child; Habitual Residence) [2025] EWHC 2723 (Fam) (22 October 2025)
The High Court held that a four-year-old boy was habitually resident in Country B, not England and Wales, and that jurisdiction therefore lay with Country B’s courts.
H v R & Anor [2022] EWHC 1073 (Fam) (10 May 2022)
The High Court held it had jurisdiction over children retained in Libya, refused to stay the case for Libyan proceedings, and adjourned welfare issues for fuller evidence.
TK v ML [2021] EWFC 8 (03 February 2021)
The Family Court held it had no jurisdiction over a mother’s child arrangements application because the child was habitually resident in Ireland and residual jurisdiction did not apply.
The Family Court held that X had become habitually resident in England and Wales by June 2019, giving the court jurisdiction over the care proceedings.
X (Habitual Residence), Re [2019] EWFC 84 (07 November 2019)
The Family Court held that X had acquired habitual residence in England and Wales by June 2019, giving the court jurisdiction over the care proceedings.
The High Court held that a child and mother had not become habitually resident in England after a short stay marked by domestic abuse and isolation, so Ukraine retained jurisdiction.
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