Hearings
England & Wales
03 Feb 2016 [2016] EWHC 608 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 60; [2017] 1 FLR 795; [2016] WLR (D) 155, Fam D (MacDonald J)
Ciccone v Ritchie
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach — Mother seeking summary return of 15-year-old child to USA under 1980 Hague Convention — Child applying to be joined as party — Whether joinder appropriate — Whether joinder in best interests of child — Whether desirable to order CAFCASS report — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c 60), Sch 1, arts 3, 12, 13 — FPRr 16.21, Practice Direction 16A, para 7.2
[2016] EWHC 608 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 60; [2017] 1 FLR 795; [2016] WLR (D) 155, Fam D