Law / Parental Child Abduction (Indian man married to Polish wife) [32]

Hi all,

I am an Indian married to a Polish wife. We have a 4 years old daughter. She is habitually resident here in Ireland. And my name is written on her birth certificate. And she was born in Poland while I was pursuing my study in Poland. We came to Ireland to seek better future as I was granted a scholarship to pursue PhD.

My wife and my daughter left for Poland to attend Easter break holiday for a month ( 19th of March until 12 of April).

Last Thursday when I called my wife she told me that she is not returning back to Ireland. I was shocked. She revealed that she planned to leave me for more than 3 months. She terminated her job, canceled the child benefits and my daughter school. She is adamant that she wants new life in Poland and wishes to divorce me. She has her own story to accuse me as a prime reason of breaking our relationship. She never talks to me seriously about this and suddenly she made her decision to leave Ireland with my daughter without my consent.

I am familiar with EU law of parental child abduction. I want to know what are my chances of returning my daughter to her habitual resident i.e. Ireland.

Thanks.