China-Conflict of Laws
Blog China has now adopted its first law on the conflict of laws. Chapter 3 deals with foreign-related marriage and divorce issues. However, Chapter One is also relevant to any such case. Specifically with respect to divorce, the new law provides that if the parties themselves do not choose the law that will govern their […]
International Pre-Nuptial Symposium
Blog I will be speaking in London on international prenups at the event described below. Speakers: Charlotte Butruille-Cardew, Nicholas Francis QC, Jeremy Morley, Geoff Wilson Chairperson: David Salter Location: Charles Russell, 5 Fleet Place, LONDON EC4M 7RD Date: 8 March 2011 http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/training-and-development/family-law/international-pre-nuptial-symposium Accreditation/Professional DevelopmentSolicitors Regulation Authority: 3 hours 15 minutesILEX: 3 hours 15 minutesBar Standards Board: 3 hours Get […]
Israel – Religious courts assert authority over dissolution of civil marriages
Blog By Yair Ettinger Haaretz 1-14-11 Three recent rabbinical court rulings have asserted far-reaching and controversial authority in divorces of couples married in a civil ceremony. The Interior Ministry requires Jewish couples to provide proof of divorce from a rabbinical court to get their divorce registered, regardless of how they married. But a recent ruling […]
E.U. Adopts Divorce Choice of Law Regulation
Blog On December 20, 2010 the European Union Council adopted the Rome III Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to porce and legal separation. Article 5 allows spouses to agree to designate the law applicable to porce and legal separation provided that it is one of the following laws: (a) […]
Abducted Children Returned from India
Blog We have succeeded twice in recent weeks in securing the return to their homes in the United States of children who were abducted by a parent to India. The results were not accomplished through the Indian legal system, which is generally not helpful in this area. Instead we used less formal means of applying […]
French deal could complicate talks with Russia on international child abduction cases
Blog Negotiations with Russia on international child abduction cases could become more complicated. There has been growing pressure on Russia to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, but it is now reported that the European Commission is giving France the right to start negotiations with Russia on a bilateral […]
Potential International Child Abduction to India: Canadian Court Accepts Morley Expert Opinion
Blog The Superior Court in Ontario, Canada relied in substantial part on the expert evidence of Jeremy D. Morley as to family law in India in ruling that the father of a four-year-old child living in Ontario should not be permitted to take the child on a family visit to India. Mahadevan v. Shankar, issued […]
Prenuptial Agreements in England
Blog England’s Supreme Court, its highest court, has today ruled in Radmacher v. Granatino, that “decisive weight” should be given to the German prenuptial agreement signed by a German heiress and her French husband. The husband had agreed that he would make no claims on Ms. Radmacher’s estimated £100m fortune. The trial court had followed established […]
Resolution Condemning Japan for International Child Abduction: Full Text
Blog Here is the full text of House Resolution 1326, passed almost unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives today, September 29, 2010, condemning Japan’s “abduction and wrongful retention” of children — including the children of several of my clients — and urging Japan to act “immediately” to resolve cases involving U.S. parents. 111th CONGRESS, 2d Session, H. […]
Book Review!
Blog Book Review – “International Family Law Practice” by Jeremy Morley Jeremy Morley’s book is aimed mainly at US family lawyers whose work, either frequently or occasionally, involves international elements. It is not only an important resource for such US lawyers, but it is also a very helpful introduction to international issues for family lawyers […]