The application concerned a child born in New York on 18 May 2007. The parents had been in an on off relationship since October 2004 and had lived together only briefly. They were unmarried. The relationship was characterised by the father’s verbal and physical abuse of the mother and his persistent breach of protection orders. He had at least two convictions for domestic violence.
The mother went with the child to a shelter on 22 June 2007. She alleged that the father had assaulted her the previous day. The mother remained at the shelter until she obtained an interim custody order from the New York court. Soon after, she left New York and went to Ontario with the child. The father applied for the return of the child on 7 November 2007.
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