The applicant father brought a motion under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for the return of the child to France, alleging wrongful removal by the respondent mother.
The mother argued the child was habitually resident in Canada and that returning the child to France posed a grave risk of harm.
The court found that the child was habitually resident in France immediately prior to the removal and that the mother's evidence did not meet the high threshold for the grave risk exception under Article 13(b).
The court ordered the child's forthwith return to France.
