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Informal Notes on Habitual Residence in U.S. Courts in Hague Abduction Convention Cases

Blog by Jeremy D. Morley I had the pleasure this week of participating in a panel discussion organized by the Singapore Bar Association with three brilliant international family lawyers, Yap Teong...

Date of Wrongful Abduction Governs Hague Convention Habitual Residence Determinations

Blog by Jeremy D. Morley In any Hague Abduction Convention case, the court must determine the date of the alleged wrongful removal or retention of the child before determining the child’s...

U.S. Diplomatic Protest – Argentina & International Child Abduction

Blog Jeremy D. Morley In June 2021, the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires delivered a formal diplomatic protest known as a “demarche” to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, notifying...

Fee Award in Hague Abduction Convention Case

Blog Jeremy D. Morley It is gratifying that, in its award of legal fees to my client, whose child was successfully returned from New York to Spain pursuant to the Hague Abduction Convention, the U.S...

JAPANESE LAW ABOUT MARRIED NAMES

Blog by Jeremy D Morley Japanese law requires that married couples share the same surname, which can be that of either the husband or the wife. There appears to be no country other than Japan that...

Iran Child Abduction; Iran Child Custody; Expert Evidence

Blog  Jeremy Morley I was accepted yesterday by both sides in a case in North Carolina as an expert in international child custody law and international child abduction law, and the laws and...

Malaysian Family Law: Single Expert Appointment

Blog The Family Court of Western Australia appointed Jeremy D Morley as a single expert to report on the law and legal process by which the Malaysian courts make arrangements following the breakdown...

Hague Abduction Case Reliance on Morley Treatise

Blog In a Hague Abduction Convention case in the United States District Court in Savannah, Georgia, the Court relied on the opinions that I expressed in the 2020 edition of my treatise...

The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers, Third Edition

Blog By Jeremy D. Morley In a practice that increasingly involves cross-border issues, a growing number of clients fear their children may be abducted, are concerned about overseas travel, or are...

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