wardship

She said that in wardship hearings in 2019 her family had obtained a "travel ban" to prevent her from going abroad and that she believed this was still active.

In July, Princess Haya applied for a forced marriage protection order and a non-molestation order at the UK High Court in London - as well as wardship of their children.

At the opening of a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday, Lord Justice Underhill read out a public statement explaining that the case “raises matters of public interest beyond the particular issue in the wardship proceedings”.

Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the 45-year-old daughter of late King Hussein and half-sister to King Abdullah, also applied for wardship of the children.

But each state court system, from New York to California, runs wardship and adoption proceedings differently — and sometimes there are even variations between counties.