P and Q (Rights of Custody, Settlement, Grave Risk of Harm, Objections) , Re

Miss Nageena Khalique KC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) ____________________

Ms Anita Guha KC and Ms Kitty Geddes (instructed by A & N Care Solicitors) for the Applicant Mr Henry Setright KC and Ms Julia Gasparro (instructed by Avery Naylor Solicitors) for the First Respondent Mr Michael Gration (instructed by CAFCASS Legal) for the Second and Third Respondents Hearing dates: 18, 19, 20, 21 March 2024 ____________________

ii) determining whether those rights were rights of custody under the autonomous law of the 1980 Hague Convention.

i) M was awarded care and control and sole decision-making responsibilities of the children (which expired on 29 June 2021).

iii) The granting of sole decision-making responsibility to M at the time the PPO was issued afforded her the right to remove the children (and obtain a passport without the consent of the father) but does not necessarily mean that a parent has the unilateral authority to remove a child from Colorado.