4PB International Children Law Update – Spring 2026

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Contents

1. Disclosure of asylum documentation in family proceedings subject to restrictions on collateral use by the father
2. Children summarily returned to Ecuador after court determines consent and acquiescence defences not made out
3. Father found to be in contempt of court following non-compliance with return orders and sentenced to prison
4. 14 year old returned to South Africa after child’s objection defence fails due to emotional harm and manipulation caused by father
5. Findings made against both parents where father seeks return of child to Dubai
6. Court refuses summary return of children to Turkey noting their stability in England- child’s objections defence established
7. High Court finds allegations of involvement with the ‘illuminati’ not proven within Article 21 proceedings
8. Moving to Alaska: permanent or temporary? Implications for how to plead a 1980 Hague application
9. Application for summary return to Hong Kong dismissed after child’s objections defence upheld and child found to have experienced psychological harm