R. v. R. [2006] IESC 7
The children were aged 4 1/2 and 2 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. They had lived all of their lives in the United States with their parents. In January 2005 they travelled to Ireland with their mother. The nature of this trip was the subject of dispute between the parents: it was […]
O. v. O. 2002 SC 430
The children were aged 9 and 7 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were married in Ireland in January 1981 and had six children. The application only concerned the youngest two children. The parents separated in March 1999, with the mother leaving the children with the father. On 10 June […]
Re H. (A Minor) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2000] 2 AC 291
The child, a girl, was 6 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had until then lived all of her life in the Republic of Ireland. The parents, who had never married, separated in 1995. On 11 April 1996 the District Court of Carrigaline, by consent, made a custody order in favour of […]
P. v. B. (No. 2) (Child Abduction: Delay) [1999] 4 IR 185; [1999] 2 ILRM 401
The child, a girl, was 5 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. She was born in Spain. Her parents were not married. The mother had previously removed the child from Spain to Ireland in 1993. On 19 December 1994 the Irish Court ordered the return of the child to Spain. In January 1995 […]
In re Walsh, 31 F. Supp. 2d 200 (D. Mass. 1998)
The children, a girl and a boy, were 8 1/4 and 3 1/4 respectively at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. They had lived in the United States and Ireland. The parents were married and had joint rights of custody. They travelled to Ireland separately in January 1994 since the father was facing serious […]
4 UF 223/98, Oberlandesgericht D?sseldorf
Removal and Retention – Arts 3 and 12 It was not seriously disputed by the mother that her actions in retaining the child were wrongful. Grave Risk – Art. 13(1)(b) It was noted that on the two evenings following the appeal hearing the child had suffered an asthma attack and had been placed under observation […]
In re C.L. (a minor); J.S. v. C.L., transcript, 25 August 1998
The child was 3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. The parents were not married but both had rights of custody. The child had initially lived in Dublin but in April 1997 the mother unilaterally took the child to Belfast in Northern Ireland. The father did not petition for the child’s return under […]
A.S. v. E.H. & M.H. (Child Abduction) (Wrongful Removal) [1999] 4 IR 504
The child, a boy, was 1 at the date of the alleged wrongful retention. The infant had lived in both England and Ireland. The parents were not married and the father had no custody rights in respect of the boy. On 11 March 1996, the day after the death of the mother, the maternal grandmother […]
Marshall v. Marshall 1996 SLT 429
The child, a girl, was 13 1/2 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Ireland all of her life. The parents were separated. The father lived in Scotland and the mother, with whom the girl resided, in Ireland. On 28 April 1995 the girl went to Scotland with the help […]
P. v. B. (Child Abduction: Undertakings) [1994] 3 IR 507
The child, a girl, was 1 2/3 at the date of the alleged wrongful removal. She had lived in Spain all of her life. The parents were not married. On 28 May 1993 the mother went to Ireland, her State of origin, with the child. At the mother’s request the father agreed to give her […]
