Domestic Violence and Grave Risk of Harm under the Hague Convention
Blog I will be presenting at a workshop on Domestic Violence and Grave Risk of Harm under the Hague Convention at the AFCC Conference in New Orleans on May 30, 2025, together with three excellent Canadian lawyers, Max Blitt (Calgary), Michael Stangarone and Tiffany Guo (Toronto). The workshop announcement reads:“The Hague Convention of 25 October 1980, […]
NO SUMMARY RETURN OF CHILD ABDUCTED FROM CHINA
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley A court in England has refused to order the summary return to China of a child abducted from that country because of expert evidence concerning the laws and procedures of China in cross-border child custody cases. E v O [2025] EWHC 500 (Fam). The married parties, a Chinese mother and […]
NETHERLANDS – HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION AND NON-HAGUE COUNTRIES
Blog The Hague Abduction Convention normally applies only if the Convention is in force between the country of the child’s habitual residence and the country in which the child is currently located. However, the Dutch Implementation Act, pursuant to which the Hague Abduction Convention was brought into Dutch law, provides that the Implementation Act also […]
PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS IN AUSTRALIA
Blog Prenuptial agreements, known as “binding financial agreements,” first became enforceable in Australia in 2000 with the enactment of the Family Law Amendment Act 2000. Part VIIIA of the Family Law Act sets forth particular provisions concerning the oversight to be given to such agreements by family law solicitors. For a binding financial agreement to […]
PREVENTING INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION: NEW TEXAS CASE
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley An appeal court in Texas has upheld a trial court’s refusal to impose measures intended to prevent the abduction of a child to Russia by a Russian parent, even though the United States has refused to accept Russia as a treaty partner under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects […]
PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS IN BELGIUM
Blog Under Belgian law, if there is no marriage contract, the spouses are governed by the statutory prenuptial system of separation of assets with a community of acquisitions. In order to deviate from the statutory default regime, the parties must enter into a marriage contract pursuant to which they select a specified regime or create […]
International Child Custody and India – Court Delays
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley We have often reported, and I have often testified, on the substantial impact of court delays in India on cases concerning international child abduction and international child visitation. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of India demanded that the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court take steps to remedy the problem of gigantic […]
Court Ruling Concerning the Abduction Dangers of Allowing Child Visits to India
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley Based on my expert testimony concerning the laws and practices of Indian courts in international child custody cases, a court in Minnesota has overturned an order directing that a child living in Minnesota should have visitation with the mother in India. The Minnesota Court of Appeals had remanded the case “in […]
THREE CASES, THREE CHILDREN RETURNED THIS WEEKEND!
Blog By Jeremy D Morley Over this past weekend, three children of three of our firm’s clients, who were the subject of three separate international child custody cases, were safely returned home. In one case, the American child was returned from Asia, primarily because our client followed our strategic advice, because our client had safeguarded […]
DATE OF HAGUE CONVENTION WRONGFUL RETENTION: AN UPDATE
Blog Jeremy D. Morley The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has accepted my client’s position. In cases where the petitioning parent originally consented to the child’s stay outside its habitual residence, wrongful retention occurs on the date that the petitioning parent is informed that the other parent will not return the child […]