Canadian kids must go back to Germany where father lives, court rules
TORONTO — Two Canadian children at the centre of a protracted custody dispute must return to Germany where their father lives over their objections and against the wishes of their mother, Ontario’s top court ruled Tuesday.
In addition, the court ruled, the father will have to provide suitable housing for the mother and children in the European country.
“Although this case involves the interests and needs of these two young children, it raises legal issues that transcend their interests and that affect the interests of countless other children and their parents,” the Appeal Court ruled.
The appeal involving John Balev and his wife Catharine-Rose Baggott turned on interpretation of rules on international child abductions known as the Hague Convention.