Constitutional Court rules in favour of British national whose child was abducted to Czech Republic

The Czech Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of a British national, whose Czech wife has abducted their child to the Czech Republic. A British court had ordered the mother to return the child to Great Britain, where the family previously lived, but the Brno Municipal Court failed to respect the verdict. The Constitutional Court said that in case of international child abductions, the Czech judiciary is required to respect previous verdicts of other EU state courts. The Municipal Court in Brno will now have to re-open the case.

Author: Ruth Fraňková