Pre-teen girl’s return under Hague child abduction ruling upheld

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The Court of Appeal upheld an order for a pre-teen girl’s return under the Hague child abduction process, in a decision reported on 23 June 2023.

Her father sought her return after alleging she was brought to Ireland without his consent; her mother argued that he had agreed to the move.

The court dismissed the mother’s appeal and declined to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union. It affirmed the order for the child’s return to the EU country where she had previously lived.