HC/E/PT 410
PORTUGAL
Tribunal Judicial de Santa Maria da Feira
First Instance
AUSTRALIA
PORTUGAL
25 September 2001
Final
Habitual Residence - Art. 3 | Rights of Custody - Art. 3
Return ordered
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Having spent all but a few months of their lives there, the court found that the children had an Australian habitual residence.
Since the parents had joint custody the children could not be removed from Australia without the consent of the mother.