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Mum tells court she saw son outside garda station as his father was being charged

Summary

In a Dublin District Family Court hearing on 18 May 2017, a mother testified that she saw her son outside a Garda station while his father was being charged with criminal damage. She claimed that the father, who had been granted joint custody and regular overnight visits, had refused to return the child for two days. The mother recounted that she had to plead for over an hour outside the father's house to retrieve the boy, and that the father had kept him for an additional two nights. She then went to a Garda station, where she saw her son with a young woman known to both parties in a car outside the station. The judge, Gerard Furlong, ruled that the father must hand the child back to the mother after visits and that he must pay €1,110 in child maintenance within eight weeks. The mother retained primary care and control of the boy.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Mum tells court she saw son outside garda station as his father was being charged. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial

When:

• 2017-05-18 Publication

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Topics

Stage Charge Or Pretrial

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