The court determined a child (M) to be habitually resident in England and Wales and that the English court had jurisdiction regarding matters pertaining to parental responsibility.
The mother of M (a six-year old child) applied for relief under the court's inherent jurisdiction. Specifically, she sought: a declaration that M was habitually resident in the jurisdiction of England and Wales; an order that M be made a ward of court; orders to prevent the father removing M from either the mother's care or from the jurisdiction of England and Wales; and an order to stop the father pursuing further applications concerning M in the courts of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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