F v C (Unapproved)

�IN THE MATTER OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

             In late February 2022, they were removed by their mother to this jurisdiction without the consent of their father.�

             On 3 March 2022, the father applied for the return of the children pursuant to Article 12 of the Hague Convention.

             It was not contested that the children were each habitually resident in England, that there were family law proceedings in being before the local English courts and that the father did not consent to the removal of the children to Ireland.� The High Court held that the father had established the wrongful removal of the children within the meaning of Article 12 of the Convention.� This finding has not been appealed.�

             In these proceedings the mother places particular emphasis on the father�s drinking.� She described two incidents of intoxication, one of which occurred on 19 December 2021 and one in April of 2020.� At the time, the mother reported the instances of concern to the police and in a supplemental affidavit she showed that the police confirmed that two such instances were reported.