Lawline: International Child Custody & Abduction
Blog My lecture on International Child Custody & Abduction is available at www.lawline.com/course-center/international-child-custody-abduction Some reviews: · Extremely interesting. Presenter had very effective style. · Excellent course. One of the best presenters I’ve seen. · superb lecture by Jeremy – thanks · Thoroughly enjoyed. Fascinating area. · Good information on a complicated subject.
Notes on Egypt and International Child Abduction
Blog The U.S. State Department has determined – and has reported to Congress – that Egypt has demonstrated a persistent failure to work with the U.S. Central Authority to resolve cases of international parental child abduction. The Superior Court of Washington for King County ruled in 2015 – based on the expert evidence of international […]
Expert Testimony as to Potential International Child Abduction to Colombia
Blog In an order issued on September 25, 2017, the Chancery Division – Family Part of the Superior Court of Union County, New Jersey, held that Jeremy D. Morley “was qualified by the Court, without objection, as an expert in the area of International Family Law and International Abduction cases. Mr. Morley was an extremely […]
Unenforceability of Japanese Custody and Hague Abduction Convention Orders
Blog Child custody orders are not enforced in Japan. There is merely a provision for a fine, but it is usually de minimis and rarely employed. It does not impede a parent with physical possession of a child from denying the other parent access to the child. This is one reason (among several) why child custody is not […]
Chinese Recognition of Foreign Divorce Judgments
Blog It has been reported that on 30 June 2017, “for the first time in history,” a Chinese court recognized and enforced a U.S. commercial monetary judgment. Dr. Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Chinese Court Unprecedentedly Recognized and Enforced a U.S. Commercial Monetary Judgment.The case is Liu Li v. Tao Li and Tong Wu decided by the Intermediate People’s Court […]
A decade later, Santa Ana dad still fights for his son’s return from Japan
Blog http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/29/a-decade-later-santa-ana-dad-still-fights-for-his-sons-return-from-japan/ By SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING | sgoulding@scng.com | Orange County Register8/29/17 In an alternate life, Keisuke Collins would have started high school last week as a freshman at Foothill High. But in reality, Keisuke lives an ocean away from Orange County and from the father who misses him. In the wake of a bitter divorce, Collins’ […]
Judicial Reliance on Morley’s Expert Report on Risks of Child Visit to China
Blog We are pleased to report that the Superior Court in Orange County, California has expressly relied upon my expert report on Chinese family law. The Court ruled that a father who was relocating to China should not be permitted to take his child for a visit to that country, in the face of opposition […]
Don’t Rely on the Hague Convention for Overseas Visits
Blog When considering whether to be concerned that the other parent plans to take a child on an overseas visit – which is normally a great benefit to a child and should generally be encouraged – it can be a huge mistake to rely merely on the foreign country’s accession to The Hague Abduction Convention. […]
Monaco’s New Law on International Private Law
Blog On June 28, 2017 Monaco adopted a new Law on Private International Law. It sets forth the rules concerning divorce jurisdiction, authorizes spousal selection of the law to govern marital regimes, and provides rules concerning the applicable law concerning maintenance. An informal translation of such provisions is as follows: No. 1448 – Law on […]
India’s Chief Justice and India’s Status as a Safe Haven for International Child Abduction
Blog On July 8, 2017 the Chief Justice of India, Hon’ble Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar, addressed the issue of India’s failure to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in a speech at an All India Seminar of the International Law Association. The Chief Justice sought to explain, and apparently […]