Rocco, 15, was meant to board a plane to New York from London, where he is currently staying with his father, filmmaker Guy Ritchie.
He missed the flight and told his 57-year-old mother that he was sick of touring and wanted to stay in London with his father, the court heard on Wednesday.
He has expressed very clearly that he does not want to return to New York," Ritchie's lawyer Eric Buckley told the judge, according to Page Six.
The judge questioned if Ritchie, 47, had then prevented his son from returning to the US.