In Japan, Adultery Can Cost You Your Job as Well as Your Marriage
Blog Fūkibinran. Now that is a Japanese expression you don’t see around much these days. I bet many young Japanese readers don’t even know how to read the four kanji that make up this word: 風紀紊乱. It means something akin to “an affront to public morality,” “a breakdown in customary discipline” or, perhaps, “compromising love relations.” But […]
Japan: Couple in 20s file suit over 6-month remarriage ban for women
Blog A couple in their 20s, who have a five-month-old son, have filed a suit with the Tokyo District Court against the Japanese government, challenging the constitutionality of Article 733 of the Civil Code which prohibits only women from remarrying within six months after getting a divorce. The couple, who are from Shizuoka Prefecture, said […]
Publication Announced of 2015 Edition of International Family Law Practice by Jeremy D. Morley
Blog The 2015 edition of my treatise entitled International Family Law Practice has now been published. From Chapter One: This book is designed to fill a void that the author discovered when he was embroiled in his own international divorce case a couple of dozen years ago. Seeking counsel on two continents as to divorce and child […]
Bond Unreliable to Deter Potential International Child Abduction
Blog Courts sometimes require that a parent should be permitted to take a child for an international visit, despite the objections of the other parent, if the taking parent posts a financial bond. However, such a requirement often provides a false sense of security. Last year, a Florida appeal court sensibly overturned a lower court’s […]
International Family Law: Comparing Divorce Jurisdictions
Blog Procedure May Trump Substance Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com When comparing possible jurisdictions for international family law cases, it is frequently important to focus on procedural matters and not simply to compare the rules and practices concerning the division of assets, maintenance and other substantive issues. For example, while it is important to know how different […]
Book Review: The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers
Blog The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers by Jeremy D. Morley404 pp.; $149ABA Publishing, 2012321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60610-4714(800) 285-2221 Reviewed by Stephen A. Braunlich Stephen A. Braunlich is a U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, where he serves as Chief […]
Uganda Divorce & Bride Price
Blog The Supreme Court of Uganda has refused to declare that the practice of exchanging money, cows, or other goods for a bride is unconstitutional in Uganda, notwithstanding the claim that it reduces the women to mere properties. However, the Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for a man to have the right to […]
Malaysia and International Child Abduction
Blog Malaysia is not a party to the Hague Abduction Convention. Malaysia has refused to adopt the treaty, on the ground that it would purportedly contradict Shariah law, since that law bases child custody decisions to a substantial extent on religious, age and gender factors. Given that the Convention has now been signed by more […]
Prenuptial Agreements in Japan
Blog We have represented many international clients who have entered into marriage contracts or prenuptial agreements with Japanese spouses. We always work in collaboration with Japanese counsel in such matters as appropriate and as instructed by our clients. Prenuptial agreements are not common in Japan. They have never been a part of Japanese culture, even […]
International Child Relocations
Blog I was pleased that authors Audrey G. Masilla and Kristine M. Jacquin, in their chapter entitled “Relocation Evaluations in Child Custody Disputes” in the newly-published Handbook of Child Custody (Mark L. Goldstein, editor) relied substantially, when discussing international relocations, on my prior article on the topic. My article, entitled “The Impact of Foreign Law on Child Custody […]