In re J (Abduction: Ward of Court)

Subject Matter

MINOR — Removal from jurisdiction — Ward of court — “Rights of custody” — Mother removing ward from jurisdiction — Father seeking assistance of foreign court for return of ward — Father's application in wardship for declaration that removal of ward wrongful — Whether custodial rights vested in wardship court — Whether jurisdiction to grant declaration — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, s 8, Sch 1, arts 3, 8

[1989] Fam 85; [1989] 3 WLR 825