Brazil Expands the Grave Risk Exception to the Hague Abduction Convention
Blog by Jeremy D Morley www.international-divorce.com The Attorney General’s Office of Brazil has issued a report that recommends that the Brazilian courts should adopt a “broad” interpretation of the Article 13 “grave risk” exception in the Hague Abduction Convention. The Office of the Presidency of Brazil has submitted the report to Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court. […]
International Family Law Practice by Jeremy D. Morley, 2024 edition: Review by Molshree Sharma, Esq.
Blog Jeremy Morley’s comprehensive and indispensable book for U.S. family lawyers, International Family Law Practice, is now published in a new and expanded edition issued in May 2024. This book provides an excellent and detailed analysis of the key elements of international family law as applied in the U.S. courts by one of the leading international family […]
Criminal Cases in India to Enable the Retention of Internationally-Abducted Children in India
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com It is typical that, when a wife and mother abducts a child to India she immediately causes the husband and his immediate family members to be charged with the Indian offense of cruelty to a wife in order to deter and prevent her husband from entering India to seek […]
International Family Law Practice by Jeremy D. Morley, 2024 edition: Review by Caralisa Hughes, Esq.
Blog I completely agree with the thoughtful and informative review that Andrew Botros has written about Jeremy Morley’s latest edition of International Family Law Practice. I have owned and used the International Family Law Practice books since the first edition. The book deserves five stars out of five. The breadth of the coverage is amazing. For example, there is […]
International Family Law Practice by Jeremy D. Morley, 2024 edition: Review by Monica Mazzei, Esq.
Blog Jeremy Morley’s comprehensive and indispensable book for U.S. family lawyers, International Family Law Practice, is now published in a new and expanded edition issued in May 2024 and is a must for all family lawyers. It provides a throughout and detailed analysis of international family law as applied in the U.S. by one of the leading international family […]
Mother’s arrest at D/FW Airport shows difficulties of international custody disputes
Blog This article was first published. Like many divorces, Padmashini and Dean Drees’ breakup in 2004 was bitter. There were mutual allegations of abuse, suspicions of infidelity, and a nasty fight over custody of the couple’s toddler son, Drew. But when Padmashini Drees traveled with Drew to India seven years ago and didn’t return, the […]
International Family Law Practice by Jeremy D. Morley, 2024 edition: Review by Andrew Botros, Esq.
Blog Jeremy Morley’s comprehensive and indispensable book for U.S. family lawyers, International Family Law Practice, is now published in a new and expanded edition issued in May 2024. This book provides an excellent and detailed analysis of the key elements of international family law as applied in the U.S. courts, by one of the leading international […]
Bangladesh: A Safe Haven for International Child Abduction
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley Bangladesh is a safe haven for international child abduction. It has not adopted the Hague Abduction Convention, nor has it entered into any bilateral arrangements concerning international child abduction. And the wheels of justice turn very slowly there. It had been hoped that the courts in Bangladesh might decide that […]
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR INTERNATIONAL DIVORCES
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com Professional soccer teams usually win more games when they play at home than when they play away, even though the rules are the same wherever the games are played. But in the arena of international family law, the place of the divorce case matters far more than a mere change […]
APPEAL STANDARD AS TO WHETHER CHILD IS “SETTLED” IN HAGUE ABDUCTION CASE
Blog Jeremy D. Morley The 11th Circuit has held that, whether a child is “settled” in its new environment within the meaning of Article 12 of the Hague Abduction Convention, should be based on the same totality-of-the-circumstances test that the Supreme Court established in the Monasky case for determining a child’s habitual residence under the Convention. […]