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Six international divorce proceedings among cases before Dublin Circuit Family Court

Family law - Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction1980 - Council Regulation 2201/2003 - Grave risk - Habitually resident - Acquiescence

Family law - Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 - Art. 12 of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction1980 (Hague Convention) - Council Regulation 2201/2003 - Habitually resident - Grave risk - Welfare of child

Father forced his children to ‘overexercise’, court hears.

5 Important notes on the new Adoption Act

Relocation case re: child where Brussels II Regulation interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and judgement of the Supreme Court 19 July 2017

Family law - Child abduction - Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - O. 28, r. 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts - Amendment of pleadings - Discretionary remedy

Family - Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 - Removal of child from one jurisdiction to another without consent - Jurisdiction of Court over custody - Habitual resident - Best interests of child  

Family - Child abduction - Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980 (“Hague Convention”) - Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003(‘Brussels II bis Regulation’) - Wrongful removal - Acquiescence to retention - Delay -  Defence of “well settled” - Lack of subterfuge 

Family - Child Abuse - Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect - Psychological and Emotional Abuse - Anger Management - Judicial Review - Notice of Motion - O. 84, r. 22(5) of the Rules of the Superior Courts