The WLR Daily case summaries
[2013] WLR (D) 475
CHILDREN— Custody rights— Jurisdiction— Habitual residence— — Child born in Texas— — Mother claiming child’s habitual residence in England and removing child to England pursuant to United States court order under Hague Convention— — United States return order reversed on appeal— — Father applying to High Court for return of child under Convention or court’s inherent jurisdiction— — Whether child’s habitual residence England— — Whether child to be returned under inherent jurisdiction— — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Sch 1, arts 3, 18— — Family Law Act 1986, ss 2(3), 3(1) (as substituted by Children Act 1989, s 108, Sch 13, paras 64, 65)— — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, art 8(1)