Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the child had to be returned to France under the Hague Child Abduction Convention
Decisione estratta
The return request was rejected; even assuming an unlawful removal under French law, the French judge later provisionally placed the child with the mother in Switzerland, so return was no longer required.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court held that the child-abduction analysis requires the habitual residence and custody law before removal, and the requested court may not predict the merits custody decision. However, the French provisional order rendered a return unnecessary because it amounted to a post-removal custodial determination by the requesting-state judge.