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. […]

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 […]

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.  […]