Russia – England High Profile Divorce Case
Blog The hot-off-the-press decision of the English Court of Appeal in a Russia-English divorce case is most interesting. Stay tuned for analysis. Meanwhile today’s Daily Mail article, below, must suffice. £2.85m in London court after ex-husband loses his bid to have divorce settled in Russia By Daily Mail Reporter 31st March 2011 A Russian wife accused of taking advantage […]
Singapore Ruling on Marital Agreements
Blog We have previously reported that Singapore Court of Appeal has held that it will normally enforce prenuptial agreements or other marital agreements, at least if they were entered into in a foreign jurisdiction under whose law they are valid. The Court determined in the case of TQ v TR, [2009] SGCA 6 (Feb. 3, 2009) […]
U.S. Prenuptial & Post-Nuptial Presentation
Blog Many people have requested access to my PowerPoint presentation on U.S. Prenuptial &a Postnuptial Agreements. The presentation can be accessed at this link. The presentation was at the Symposium on International Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements hosted by Family Law in association with the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers on March 8 2011 in London. It was “an essential seminar for […]
Law-Shopping & Forum-Shopping in International Prenuptial Agreements
Blog Drafting prenuptial agreements is always challenging but the complexities are greatly magnified when the clients are international, whether in their citizenship, the location of assets, their employment or their residency, or because such international connections are anticipated or reasonably on the horizon. In such situations lawyers have a responsibility to consider the impact of […]
How Did Japan Become a Haven for Child Abductions?
Blog Like any loving father, Christopher Savoie just wanted to do the best thing for his two kids. In August 2009, his Japanese ex-wife broke U.S. law and abducted their children from his home in Tennessee, moving them to Japan. But when Savoie went to get them weeks later, he was arrested. It didn’t matter […]
Japan: Contested Divorce Laws
Blog Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com Jurisdiction: The statutory law in Japan contains no provisions concerning the jurisdiction of a Japanese court in cases concerning international spouses. The courts have held that the Japanese Family Court has jurisdiction over a divorce if at a minimum at least one party is a legal resident of Japan. The […]
U.S. diplomat discusses S. Korea’s accession to convention on child abductions
Blog A senior U.S. diplomat met with South Korean officials Friday to discuss Seoul’s planned accession to an international convention on the custody of children from international marriages. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction aims to prevent parents in custody battles from abducting their children and taking them to another […]
International Custody Battle Over Girl, 4
Blog A four-year-old girl in Abu Dhabi is at the centre of an international child custody case that pits her divorced American parents against each other from different sides of the world. Sophie Azzolina goes to swimming and dance classes and has friends at her Abu Dhabi nursery school. Her mother describes her as “a […]
The Plight of the Expatriate Spouse
Blog Just today, a client and then a potential client told me that this article describes their exact circumstances. We are reprinting the article now because so many have said it that it is reassuring to know that others understand their circumstances. We regularly counsel clients who call from all over the world about exactly […]
Singapore Acceeds to the Hague Convention on International Child Abductions
Blog Singapore has acceded to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The accession occurred on December 28, 2010 and will have effect from March 1, 2011. No country has yet accepted the accession and so even after the effective date the Convention will not be in force between Singapore and […]