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Hague Convention return application to Connecticut refused after the court found grave risk from domestic abuse and the mother’s complex PTSD.
BN (A Child)(Abduction: Art 13(b)), Re [2026] EWHC 1158 (Fam) (14 May 2026)
Hague Convention return application to Connecticut refused after the court found grave risk under Article 13(b) because of domestic abuse and the mother's PTSD.
C (Article 13(b): Summary return to Lithuania), Re [2026] EWHC 1120 (Fam) (05 May 2026)
The High Court ordered C’s summary return to Lithuania, rejecting the father’s Article 13(b) grave-risk defence based on the mother’s health, alcohol use, and delay.
High Court family judgment ordering a child’s return to Lithuania under the Hague Convention after finding wrongful removal, no settlement, and no established Article 13 defence.
FG, Re (A Child: Return Order to Lithuania) [2026] EWHC 1050 (Fam) (01 May 2026)
Hague Convention return proceedings concerning a 6-year-old child. The court found Lithuania was the child’s habitual residence and ordered return.
The Father v The Mother & Anor [2026] EWHC 1012 (Fam) (30 April 2026)
The court refused an immediate return to Egypt for a child, holding return could only occur if an Egyptian consent order and financial safeguards were secured.
Court of Appeal dismissed appeals against a Hague Convention return order for a 14-year-old child, holding the judge had properly weighed the child’s objections and welfare.
X (A Child), Re [2026] EWCA Civ 518 (30 April 2026)
Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the summary return of a 14-year-old child to South Africa under the Hague Convention, rejecting Article 13(b) and welfare-based challenges.
The High Court ordered the urgent return of a one-year-old child from India to England and Wales, finding the father abducted the child and had perpetrated domestic abuse.
A (A Child), Re (Habitual Residence) [2026] EWHC 1140 (Fam) (28 April 2026)
The High Court held that A was habitually resident in India on the application date, so it lacked jurisdiction over the wardship and summary return application.
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