Question juridique clé
Whether the child's removal to Switzerland was wrongful under the Hague Child Abduction Convention
Solution extraite
The court did not find a wrongful removal within the meaning of the Convention on the decisive state of the custody situation at the time of departure.
Motifs extraits
Even assuming an Irish habitual residence, the mother still held sole custody when she left Ireland with the child. The alleged 'Ward of Court' was not proven to have existed before departure, and the later Irish order could not retroactively render the removal wrongful.