LRR v COL - [2020] 2 NZLR 610

Infants and children — Child abduction — Hague Convention — Grounds for refusing return of child — Relevance of likley effect on mother of return — Child habitually resident in Australia — Mother removing child to New Zealand without father’s knowledge — History of family violence — Mental health of mother — Need to ensure prompt inquiry versus need for relevant evidence before court — Protective measures to reduce risk to child — Conditions — Application to adduce further evidence — United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.