T.K. AND M.N. v. GEORGIA

Published on 16 December 2024 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 31207/24T.K. and M.N.against Georgialodged on 16 October 2024communicated on 28 November 2024SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe applicants are T.K. (the first applicant) and her underage son, M.N. (the second applicant, born in 2012). The first applicant is a Georgian national, while her son, the second applicant, is a citizen of Canada.On 21 April 2015 the first applicant initiated divorce and custody proceedings seeking from the court, among other things, to have her address in Georgia designated as her son’s permanent place of residence and to restrict the father’s parental rights, particularly with respect to his taking the second applicant to his permanent place of residence in Canada. The first applicant argued that there was a real risk that the father might abduct their son and fail to return him to Georgia. She also alleged …