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 […]
Child Abduction Risks Concerning India: Minnesota Appellate Decision
Blog by Jeremy D Morley India is a well-established safe haven for international child abduction, in this author’s opinion, but expert evidence must be supplied to a court before it may make any such determination. In a case in Minnesota, a district court authorized the parties’ mother to take their child to India for summer […]
International Child Abduction from the UK to the United States: UCCJEA or the Hague Convention?
Blog Published: 3rd April 2024 Whenever children are abducted from the United Kingdom to the United States, counsel for the left-behind parents must consider a most unusual aspect of U.S. law when determining the optimal methods of securing the children’s return. Not only may a case be started under the Hague Abduction Convention in the […]
Does Pakistan Comply with the Hague Abduction Convention?
Blog by Jeremy D. Morley The United States accepted Pakistan’s accession to the Hague Abduction Convention in 2020, but there has been very little experience so far concerning Pakistan’s compliance with the treaty. The latest State Department report to Congress on this issue merely states that no Convention cases concerning abductions from the United States […]
Obtaining a U.S. Passport for a Parent with a Foreign Sole Custody Order
Blog By Jeremy D. Morley Can a parent who has obtained an order of sole custody of a U.S. citizen child from a foreign court obtain a U.S. passport for the child without notice to the other parent and without the consent of the other parent? My answer is that it depends on the circumstances […]