SONOMA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION OCTOBER 26
Blog SONOMA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION Jeremy D. Morley will be presenting to the Sonoma County Bar Association on October 26, 2026, as part of their Minors’ Counsel Training, on: International Movement of Children: Foreign Visits and Move-Aways; Preventing Abductions; Recovering Abducted Children
NEW U.S. POLICY INTENDED TO PROMOTE PROMPT RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION CASES
Blog NEW U.S. POLICY INTENDED TO PROMOTE PROMPT RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION CASES The State Department has announced a new “Visa Restriction Policy” that is intended to “promptly resolve international parental child abduction cases.” It will restrict U.S. visa issuance to individuals who are responsible for or complicit in “impeding the prompt […]
PLEASED TO RECEIVE THANKS
Blog We are always pleased to receive many thanks for our services.The following testimonial, just received, is most appreciated. “I cannot recommend Mr. Jeremy Morley highly enough if you are dealing with a complex or high-stakes international family law matter. When my family faced a terrifying cross-border situation involving the safety of my children, Mr. Morley stepped in […]
PAKISTAN AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION: A NEW CASE AND CONTINUING CONFUSION
Blog PAKISTAN AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION: A NEW CASE AND CONTINUING CONFUSION by Jeremy D. Morley* The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan has issued an important – but flawed – ruling on the Hague Abduction Convention. I have written about Pakistan and the Hague Abduction Convention and specifically about the 2024 decision of […]
No Child Relocation to Turkey
Blog No Child Relocation to Turkey by Jeremy D. Morley* www.international-divorce.com A party wishing to relocate a child to Turkey from California withdrew the application after the court read my detailed expert report on that issue. I have worked on many matters over many years involving the family law of Turkey, the recovery of children from Turkey, […]
BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION by Jeremy D. Morley* www.international-divorce.com The Hague Abduction Convention requires courts to return abducted children expeditiously so that the courts in the country of habitual residence can promptly determine what is best for them, unless the respondent meets the burden of proving one of the […]
COLOMBIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL OVERRIDE OF THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog COLOMBIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL OVERRIDE OF THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION by Jeremy D. Morley* www.international-divorce.com A recent ruling of the Constitutional Court of Colombia effectively prevents the courts in Colombia from fulfilling their duty under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to return children who are wrongfully removed to or retained […]
International Child Abduction from the UK to the United States
Blog International Child Abduction from the UK to the United States by Jeremy D. Morley* www.international-divorce.com Whenever children are abducted from the United Kingdom to the United States, counsel for the left-behind parents must consider a most unusual aspect of U.S. law when determining the optimal methods of securing the children’s return. Not only […]
NOTES ON CHILD CUSTODY LAWS AND PRACTICES OF CHINA
Blog NOTES ON CHILD CUSTODY LAWS AND PRACTICES OF CHINA by Jeremy D. Morley* www.international-divorce.com 1. China does not comply with international norms concerning the return of internationally abducted children. 2. China has failed to adopt the Hague Abduction Convention and has failed to enter into any bilateral arrangement with the United States to return […]
PHILIPPINES AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION
Blog PHILIPPINES AND THE HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION by Jeremy D. Morley* www.international-divorce.com The Philippines acceded to the Hague Abduction Convention in 2016, but it did not establish procedures to implement the Convention until 2022. In February 2022, the Department of Justice of the Philippines, as the designated Central Authority, published a Department Circular establishing […]