Decision of the Supreme Court, 1 December 1999, I CKN 992/99

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The proceedings related to a child born in September 1993 in Cyprus, to a Cypriot father and a Polish mother. The parents were married and each had rights of custody in respect of the child. The family lived together in Cyprus until 20 July 1998, when the mother unilaterally removed the child to Poland. She […]

Re C. (Abduction: Grave Risk of Physical or Psychological Harm) [1999] 2 FLR 478

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The child, a boy, was 6 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. He had spent his entire life in Cyprus. The parents’ marriage had long been in difficulties. On 2 December 1997 the father obtained an injunction from the Larnaca District Court restraining the mother from removing the child from the jurisdiction. Nevertheless, […]