The Weekly Law Reports
[1990] 3 WLR 1272
[COURT OF APPEAL]
In re
F. (A MINOR) (ABDUCTION: CUSTODY RIGHTS)
1990 July 30
Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R., Neill and Balcombe L.JJ.
Minor
— Custody
— Enforcement
— English father and Israeli mother living in Israel
— Israeli law giving parents joint custody
— Father removing minor from Israeli jurisdiction in breach of mother's custody rights
— Mother subsequently obtaining court order giving her custody
— Hague Convention on child abduction inapplicable
— Whether English court appropriate forum to resolve custody issue
— Principles applicable