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The Plaintiff seeks a declaration that the retention by the Defendant of their child ("the Child") in Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal, is wrongful within the meaning of Article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at the Hague on 25 th October 1980 ("the Convention"), to which both Jersey and Portugal are parties. The Convention has effect in this jurisdiction through the Child Abduction and Custody (Jersey) Law 2005 ("the 2005 Law").
(i) The parties, who are of Portuguese nationality, formed a relationship in 2014, when they were both living in Jersey.
(iii) The parties lived in Jersey with the Child continuously until April 2019, when the Plaintiff left Jersey to live in the United Kingdom with her current partner, with the Child remaining in Jersey under the care of the Defendant.
(iv) Proceedings were issued by the Defendant before the Family Division of the Royal Court in which by consent the Defendant was given parental responsibility for the Child (the Plaintiff already having parental responsibility). The proceedings were compromised in a consent order of 15 th November 2019 under which:
(a) the Defendant was granted a Residence Order under the provisions of the Children (Jersey) Law 2002 ("the Children Law") in respect of the Child, and
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