Questão jurídica principal
Whether Geneva courts had jurisdiction to order provisional child-protection measures
Decisão extraída
The Geneva courts remained competent because the children had their habitual residence in Geneva when the request was filed, and a later move did not defeat jurisdiction.
Fundamentação extraída
Habitual residence is determined by the child's effective center of life and is assessed separately for each child. On the facts found, the children's stays in Saudi Arabia were not enough to shift their habitual residence before the filing date; therefore perpetuatio fori preserved Swiss jurisdiction.