These are the defenses that your spouse can raise under the Hague Convention:

Child Custody Rights Defenses

• You did not have custody rights.

• You were not actually exercising your custody rights at the time of removal.

Wrongful Removal or Retention Defenses

• You agreed to the removal.

• You acquiesced later to the removal.

Defenses Related to Child

• The Grave Risk Defense. There is a grave risk that his or her return would expose the child to physical or psychological harm or other place the child in an intolerable situation.

• The child objects and has attained an appropriate age and maturity.

• The child has been integrated into his community and environment for over a year.