An English woman who did not want her two children to live with her ex-husband in Australia has lost a fight from beyond the grave. The woman had written a will and said 'under no circumstances' did she wish the youngsters - a girl aged eight and a boy aged seven - to return to their Australian father. Her parents and her ex-husband, who is of Aboriginal descent, became embroiled in a family court fight over the children's futures after she died late in 2014. A judge today ruled in favour of the woman's ex-husband following a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
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Two children will be returned to their father in Australia from England
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The children, now aged 8 and 7, were born and raised in Australia
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Their mother took them overseas temporarily in 2012 and never returned
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She died of cancer, requested in her will that they remain in England
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'Under no circumstances' did she want the children be with her husband
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A judge ruled in favour of the woman's ex-husband who resides in Darwin
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Their mother, now deceased, took them to @placeholder before her death.
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She said she wanted a friend or a relative in @placeholder to bring them up - and the judge said they were in England being cared for by their grandparents.
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He said they had been born in Australia, had grown up in Australia and their habitual residence was in @placeholder.