In re M (Children) (Abduction: Rights of Custody)

Hearings

England & Wales

26 Jul 2007 [2007] EWHC 1820 (Fam), Fam D (Roderic J)

12 Sep 2007 [2007] EWCA Civ 992; [2007] 3 FCR 564, CA (Thorpe, Longmore, Moore-Bick LJJ)

05 Dec 2007 [2007] UKHL 55; [2008] AC 1288; [2007] 3 WLR 975; [2008] 1 All ER 1157; [2008] 1 FLR 251; [2008] 1 FCR 536; The Times, 6 December 2007, HL(E) (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood)

Additional names

MM v VM

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach — Children habitually resident in Zimbabwe — Mother removing children to England — Father issuing proceedings under Hague Convention for their immediate return over two years later Children settled in England and objecting to return — Whether court having jurisdiction to order return under Convention once children settled — Exercise of discretion to order return Whether children to be returned — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Sch 1, arts 12, 13, 18

[2007] UKHL 55; [2008] AC 1288; [2007] 3 WLR 975; [2008] 1 All ER 1157; [2008] 1 FLR 251; [2008] 1 FCR 536; The Times, 6 December 2007, HL(E)

Appellate History

In re M (Children) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2007] EWHC 1820 (Fam), Fam D

Decision of Roderic J affirmed

In re M (Children) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2007] EWCA Civ 992; [2007] 3 FCR 564, CA

In re M (Children) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2007] EWCA Civ 992; [2007] 3 FCR 564, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

In re M (Children) (Abduction: Rights of Custody) [2007] UKHL 55; [2008] AC 1288; [2007] 3 WLR 975; [2008] 1 All ER 1157; [2008] 1 FLR 251; [2008] 1 FCR 536; The Times, 6 December 2007, HL(E)

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