Pakistani Divorce Law Issues
Blog Jeremy D. Morley[1] www.international-divorce.com This article concerns Muslim divorces in Pakistan. A Muslim marriage is a civil contract, known as a nikah nama. The nikah nama contains provisions for the dowry (“mahr”). The mahr is usually in two parts – the money or gifts delivered to the wife upon marriage and the money or gifts to be deferred and […]
Canada to U.S. Hague Abduction Case
Blog We are delighted that yesterday after a lengthy trial, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Briccetti J.) upheld our client’s position that her relocation of her children from Montreal to Monsey, New York was not in violation of the Hague Abduction Convention.
Abducted Children Returned from Colombia
Blog We are delighted to have assisted in securing the return to their home in the U.S. of children who were wrongfully retained in the country of Colombia. The return was a result of actions taken in the United States not in Colombia. Colombia remains a high-risk destination for child visits whenever a parent has reason to […]
AUSTRALIA ABANDONS THE EQUAL SHARED RESPONSIBILITY PRESUMPTION
Blog Jeremy D. Morley Australia’s experiment with a presumption of “equal shared parental responsibility” has ended, with passage of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023. In 2006 Australia adopted the presumption of equal parenting in order to change the then-prevalent practice of favoring mothers over fathers in custody orders. Although judges had the discretion to […]
BIG MONEY DIVORCE UPHEAVAL IN CHINA
Blog Jeremy D. Morley In an article entitled Billionaire Divorces Spur Crackdown by China’s Market Regulator,Bloomberg cites a “rising number of divorces among China’s wealthy tycoons” amid concerns that divorce is being used in China as a device to split large stockholdings and uncertainty as to the potential impact of the new rules on financial disclosure […]
Abducted Children Returned from France
Blog Joyful news! Our client today has his children safely. back home in Virginia after their mother abducted them to France. Kudos to the French authorities. The return was a little more than two months after I was retained.
U.S. ACTIONS AGAINST ROMANIA FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction. Romania has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention. The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the following actions in this regard against Romania: […]
U.S. ACTIONS AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction. The Republic of Korea has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention. The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the following actions in this […]
U.S. ACTIONS AGAINST PERU FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction. Peru has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for the last nine years. The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the following actions […]
U.S. ACTIONS AGAINST JORDAN FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction. Jordan has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for the last eight years. The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the following actions […]