The applicant mother sought an urgent motion to travel to India with the parties' 4-year-old child for a 15-day Hindu religious ritual following her mother's death.
The respondent father opposed the travel, citing a risk that the mother would not return the child to Canada, as India is not a signatory to the Hague Convention.
The court dismissed the motion, finding that the mother's lack of ties to Canada and failure to attorn to Ontario's jurisdiction created a plausible risk of abduction that outweighed the child's interest in participating in the religious ritual.
