Questão jurídica principal
Whether the children had their habitual residence in Berlin under the Hague Child Abduction Convention.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The family lived in Berlin for almost a year, shared housing, and the older child attended kindergarten; the objective circumstances established habitual residence there.
Fundamentação extraída
Habitual residence under the Hague Convention is determined by outwardly ascertainable facts and the factual center of the child's life, not by internal intent or mere registration formalities.