Application of Ponath

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• holding that where the father coerced the mother to stay abroad “by means of verbal, emotional and physical abuse,” the mother’s intent and settled purpose to remain abroad were undermined
• finding no habitual residence where mother and child detained for months by means of coercion
• finding no habitual residence where mother and child detained for months by means of coercion
• finding no habitual residence where mother and child detained for months by means of coercion
• finding no change in habitual residence when a short-term trip was extended by means of coercion
• petitioner failed, for almost six months, to make any meaningful effort to obtain return of the minor child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).