A father successfully appealed a decision to set aside a return order.
The child, A, was born in England and aged 12 at the time of the appeal. A s mother ( M ) was a British national and his father ( F ) an Italian national. Shortly after A s birth, the family moved from England to Italy where the parents signed a declaration recognising F s paternity. A attended nursery and primary school in Italy and regularly travelled to England to visit his maternal family. In the summer of 2019, M and A travelled to England and M decided she would remain in the country with A. F travelled to England twice to try to resolve the matter and discovered M had enrolled A in an English school.