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 […]
Date of Wrongful Retention of a Child for Hague Abduction Convention Purposes
Blog by Jeremy D. Morleywww.international-divorce.com I argued a case this morning before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on the issue of determining the correct date of the alleged wrongful retention of children in a case brought under the Hague Abduction Convention. The first step in a Hague Abduction Convention case is usually to […]
International Divorce Planning
Blog www.international-divorce.com by Jeremy D. Morley People with assets and international connections who are contemplating a divorce or separation from a partner, as well as their spouses and partners, should consult experienced international family law counsel for advice on strategic international divorce planning as far in advance of filing suit as possible. The financial consequences […]
PHILIPPINES AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog www.international-divorce.comby Jeremy D. Morley* The Philippines acceded to the Hague Abduction Convention in 2016, but it did not establish procedures to implement the Convention until 2022. In February 2022, the Department of Justice of the Philippines, as the designated Central Authority, published a Department Circular establishing the procedure to process applications under the Convention.In […]
Indigeneity in Hague Abduction Convention Cases
Blog Jeremy D. Morley In a Hague Abduction Convention case in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada between two Canadian parents living in Puerto Escondido, Mexico with their young child, arising out of the mother’s removal of the child from Mexico to Canada, the mother raised a unique claim. She argued that the child […]
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 […]