against her wishes, in a country other than his official residence, and (I would imagine) against the current custody arrangements.
If the family wanted to pursue a claim for custody of the child, then they didn't have to kidnap the boy (and compound matters by denying his mother any chance to be with her child, as it seems they have been doing thus far).
Since they were both already in Qatar, the boy's Qatari relatives could have filed papers with the local court, which could have (I imagine) issued an order barring them from leaving the country until the matter was settled. Not that THAT would have been a much better outcome as it still would have necessitated separating the boy and his mother from their other immediate family members indefinitely. But at least then he and his mother could have remained living with one another.
(BTW -- Does anyone even know if Qatar can expedite certain court cases such as this? I've never heard of it happening, but surely they don't just wait for the slow wheels of justice to inch along in situations like this...).
Regardless of my personal opinion about who the boy belongs with, I find it appalling that Qatar hasn't ordered that the family return the kidnapped boy to his mother while the court decides who should have custody. Until a judge determines otherwise, his biological mother should retain custody of the boy. That seems to be a no brainer.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx
against her wishes, in a country other than his official residence, and (I would imagine) against the current custody arrangements.
If the family wanted to pursue a claim for custody of the child, then they didn't have to kidnap the boy (and compound matters by denying his mother any chance to be with her child, as it seems they have been doing thus far).
Since they were both already in Qatar, the boy's Qatari relatives could have filed papers with the local court, which could have (I imagine) issued an order barring them from leaving the country until the matter was settled. Not that THAT would have been a much better outcome as it still would have necessitated separating the boy and his mother from their other immediate family members indefinitely. But at least then he and his mother could have remained living with one another.
(BTW -- Does anyone even know if Qatar can expedite certain court cases such as this? I've never heard of it happening, but surely they don't just wait for the slow wheels of justice to inch along in situations like this...).
Regardless of my personal opinion about who the boy belongs with, I find it appalling that Qatar hasn't ordered that the family return the kidnapped boy to his mother while the court decides who should have custody. Until a judge determines otherwise, his biological mother should retain custody of the boy. That seems to be a no brainer.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx