CASE

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Case Name

COMAR & COMAR [2020] FamCAFC 99

INCADAT reference

HC/E/AU 1455

Court

Country

AUSTRALIA

Name

Family Court of Australia

Level

Appellate Court

Judge(s)

Strickland, Kent & Watts JJ

States involved

Requesting State

COLOMBIA

Requested State

AUSTRALIA

Decision

Date

24 April 2020

Status

Case remitted to lower court

Grounds

-

Order

Case remitted to lower court

HC article(s) Considered

13(1)(b)

HC article(s) Relied Upon

-

Other provisions

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Pt X, ss 111B, 117, 117AA

Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981 (Cth) ss 6, 8, 9

Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 (Cth) reg 14

Family Law Regulations 1984 (Cth) reg 15A

Authorities | Cases referred to

A (by her next friend) and GS (2004) FLC 93-199; [2004] FamCA 967

Boensch v Pascoe (2019) 94 ALJR 112; [2019] HCA 49


Cuthbertson v Hobart Corporation (1921) 30 CLR 16; [1921] HCA51

DP v Commonwealth Central Authority

JLM v Director-General New South Wales Department of Community Services (2001) 206 CLR 401; [2001] HCA 39


Handbury & State Central Authority [2020] FamCAFC 5


House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40

Panayotides v Panayotides (1997) FLC 92-733; [1996] FamCA 135

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SYNOPSIS

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Children wrongfully retained – Mother the primary carer of the children, Father exercising custody rights at time of removal – Children lived in  Colombia until December 2018 – Application for return filed with the Central Authority of Colombia –Return refused at first instance, appeal allowed and case remitted to lower court – Main issues: Article 13(1)(b) -  whether the return to Colombia would pose a grave risk of harm to the children; COVID-19 - the court asked for submissions about travel to Colombia in the event a return order were to be made; Father had right to appeal despite the fact that in the first instance he was not a party but represented by the Central Authority. The father was substantially, if not technically, a party and a person who might properly have been one.

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