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. […]
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR INTERNATIONAL DIVORCES
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley My article on Strategic Planning for International Divorces is published in the new issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. I explain in the article that lawyers representing clients with significant international connections who are contemplating a divorce may have a duty to provide strategic advice about the various […]
International Family Law Practice (2024)
Blog I am delighted to announce that the most recent edition of my book, International Family Law Practice (2024), has now been published. The book provides practical insight and proven strategies for U.S. attorneys dealing with international family law matters. It covers a wide range of topics, including international marriage and divorce, pre- and postnuptial agreements, the […]
Validity of Foreign Country Bilateral Divorces: An Update
Blog Jeremy D. Morley Will a foreign country divorce be recognized in the United States if the parties both appeared in the foreign proceeding but neither of them was domiciled in that country? Yes, say the courts in New York. No, say many other courts. But recently, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a landmark case, held […]
Brazil: State Department’s Annual Report on International Child Abduction, 2024
Blog Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Brazil since 2003. In 2023, Brazil continued to demonstrate a pattern ofnoncompliance. Specifically, the Brazilian judicial authorities failed to regularly implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. As a result of this failure, 43 percent of requests for the return of abducted children under the […]
Belize: State Department’s Annual Report on International Child Abduction, 2024
Blog Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Belize since 1989. In 2023, Belize continued to demonstrate a pattern ofnoncompliance. Specifically, the judicial authorities failed to regularly implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. As a result of this failure, 50 percent of requests for the return of abducted children under the […]
Argentina: State Department’s Annual Report on International Child Abduction, 2024
Blog The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2024 Annual Report on International Child Abduction. Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Argentina since 1991. In 2023, Argentina continued to demonstrate a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, the Argentine judicial authorities failed to regularly implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. As […]