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Hague Abduction Cases: Left-behind Parents, Lawyers & Judges Must Understand How Central Authorities’ Roles Vary Dramatically between Countries

Blog The Hague Abduction Convention requires each treaty party to establish a Central Authority to provide assistance in both “outgoing” cases in which a child is taken away from a country and...

SUPERVISED VISITATION TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION TO INDIA OR UAE: CANADIAN COURT RULING

Blog by Jeremy D. Morley Supervised visitation is sometimes the only effective way to prevent international child abduction, especially when a country does not have effective exit controls. For this...

Danger of Self-Help After An International Child Abduction

Blog This story shows inherent risks of “self-help” in “re-kidnapping” internationally-abducted children. See my articles on preventing child visits to Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, other countries if...

INTERNATIONAL CHILD RELOCATION FROM CANADA

Blog by Jeremy D. Morley With effect from March 1, 2021, the Divorce Act of Canada has made significant changes to the Canadian law concerning child relocation, including international relocation...

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

Blog Jeremy D. Morley In June 2021, the Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Brasilia delivered a formal diplomatic protest known as a “demarche” to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Bangladesh: The Dowry Prohibition Act of 2018

Blog by Jeremy D. Morley   The Dowry Prohibition Act of 2018 (the “Act”) of Bangladesh prohibits the giving or receiving of a dowry.  The primary purpose of the Act is to end the custom...

BANGLADESH, THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION, AND AN ABDUCTION FROM JAPAN

Blog by attorney Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com A terrifically interesting issue is pending before the courts of Bangladesh. My client is a Japanese doctor in Tokyo. Her estranged...

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...

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