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How do the family courts approach international child cases?

Bethany Meyrick, associate, Collyer Bristow, 17/01/2020

As international relationships are becoming more common, so too are disputes over where a child shall live when parents separate.

The recent case of AB v CD [2019] EWHC 3543 (Fam) highlights this. The case involved a British father and a Taiwanese mother, who lived together with their five-year-old daughter in Belgium. In August 2019, the mother took their daughter on holiday to Taiwan. While they were there, the parents had a row over their daughter’s haircut and the mother refused to return to Belgium. She instead flew back with their daughter to the UK. 

In September 2019, the father commenced an appl...


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