Children will remain here in ‘exceptional’ case

TWO boys wrongfully removed from New York to Ireland by their mother 15 months ago will not be returned to their father in the US because they expressed a clear desire to remain here and it is in their best interests to do so, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The Chief Justice, Ms Justice Susan Denham, said this was one of those “exceptional” cases where the views of children aged nine and seven could result in a refusal to return them to their country of habitual residence.

She was giving the five-judge court’s unanimous judgment dismissing the father’s appeal against the High Court’s refusal to make an order returning the children to New York.