Question juridique clé
Whether Swiss authorities had international and local jurisdiction to rule on the father's visitation rights after the mother and child relocated to Italy.
Solution extraite
The child’s habitual residence had shifted to Italy, so only the Italian courts were competent to decide the father’s visitation rights.
Motifs extraits
Habitual residence is a factual concept based on the child’s actual center of life. The cantonal court could rely on the combined evidence showing a durable move to Italy; the father's contrary arguments were largely appellatory. The relocation was not shown to be abusive.