The Court of Appeal declined to make an order on a father’s appeal seeking an Irish declaration that his son’s removal to Belarus was wrongful, saying proceedings for the child’s summary return there had been decided and the appeal was moot.
Irish Court of Appeal declines to rule on father’s child-removal declaration appeal
The court said the appeal had become moot after Belarus’s Supreme Court refused to order the child’s return. It made no order and left the scope of Article 15 for a future case.
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The court said the appeal had become moot after Belarus’s Supreme Court refused to order the child’s return. It made no order and left the scope of Article 15 for a future case.
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- Belarus
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