MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Olena Chumachenko (“Chumachenko” or “Petitioner”), a Ukrainian citizen, petitions the Court, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the “Hague Convention” or “Convention”), as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, 22 U.S.C. §9001 et seq. (“ICARA”), seeking the return of her two minor sons to Ukraine. The Court has jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to 22 U.S.C. §9003. Petitioner alleges that the two boys, P.B., age four, and D.B., age three (collectively, the “Children”),1 who are citizens of the United States, were wrongfully removed to the United States by their father, Respondent Valentyn Belan (“Belan” or “Respondent”), who is also a Ukrainian citizen, without Petitioner’s consent on or about July 22, 2018. Petitioner filed this petition on October 23, 2018, and, on October 31, 2018, following an Order to Show Cause hearing, the Court set a schedule for expedited discovery, pre-trial submissions, and trial. (Docket Entry Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 6.) The parties offered direct testimony in the form of written affidavits and declarations; Petitioner offered a total of seven witnesses and Respondent offered seventeen. (Docket Entry Nos. 20-26, 28-43, and 51.) The parties also submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. (Docket Entry Nos. 19 and 27.) On November 27 and 29, 2018, the Court conducted a two-day bench trial. During the trial, Petitioner cross examined four witnesses: Tae Shin, an immigration lawyer; Respondent; Alla Belan, Respondent’s mother; and Nika Khrystych, Respondent’s assistant, with whom Respondent also has a sexual relationship. Respondent cross-examined three witnesses: Petitioner; Anna Rogachevskaya, P.B.’s godmother and Petitioner’s friend; and Anna Grushevaya, Petitioner’s friend. Petitioner also testified as a rebuttal witness.The Court observed carefully the demeanor and testimony of the witnesses and has considered carefully the parties’ submissions and arguments as well as the entire evidentiary record. In accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a), this Order constitutes the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. To the extent any finding of fact includes conclusions of law it is deemed a conclusion of law, and vice versa. For the following reasons, the petition is granted.FINDINGS OF FACTThe Court finds that the following facts have been proven by a preponderance of the credible evidence. Petitioner and Respondent, both of whom are Ukrainian citizens, are the parents of P.B. and D.B., who were both born in Orlando, Florida. P.B. is four years old and D.B. is three. Petitioner and Respondent began their romantic relationship in 2009 and started cohabitating in Kherson, Ukraine, in 2013, when Petitioner became pregnant with P.B. (Declaration of Olena Chumachenko (“Chumachenko Decl.”), Docket Entry No. 20,
1-2, 4.)In March 2014, Petitioner and Respondent traveled to Orlando, Florida to take up temporary residence in anticipation of P.B.’s birth. (Chumachenko Decl.
