Abduction from Hong Kong of the Children of Unmarried Fathers
Blog Jeremy D. Morley In Hong Kong, an unmarried father has no rights of custody over his son or daughter unless and until he brings a court case and succeeds in obtaining a court order that provides him with express rights. This appears to apply even if the mother has added the name of the father to […]
Practice Tip on Returning Abducted Children to Japan
Blog Jeremy D. Morley We just won a Hague Abduction Convention case in Sweden, working with Swedish counsel, and obtained an order to return the abducted children to Japan. Of the greatest importance, the Swedish court granted our express application that our client, the left-behind parent, is the parent who will take the children back […]
United States and Jamaica Become Partners Under the Hague Abduction Convention
Blog On April 1, 2019, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between the United States and Jamaica. The United States now has 79 partners under the Convention.
Expert Testimony: Recent Update
Blog I am pleased to have been accepted again as an expert on the child custody laws and practices of India in international child abduction cases by a court in Canberra, Australia. I testified yesterday as to the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of India, including the most recent case of Lahari Sakhamuri v Sobhan […]
U.S. Complaints Against Japan: International Child Abduction
Blog By Jeremy D. Morley U.S. Senators Feinstein and Tillis have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to increase efforts to bring abducted American children back home to the United States by using all of the tools and resources at the State Department’s disposal. They have specifically criticized the State Department for […]
Expert Testimony: USA child custody
Blog Jeremy D. Morley I am pleased to have been accepted as an expert on international child custody laws and the procedures of Minnesota by an Ontario, Canada court in a Hague Convention abduction case. Recent Update: The Canadian court accepted my testimony and accordingly refused to accept the abductor’s grave risk claim and ordered the […]
Lecturing in Japan on Hague Abduction Convention
Blog Jeremy D. Morley I am pleased to announce that, at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, I will be lecturing on the Hague Abduction Convention in Japan in the last week of February to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to invited lawyers’ groups in both Tokyo and Osaka. The […]
Demand for Action: Child Abduction to India
Blog At a hearing held on December 10, 2018 by a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Chris Smith alleged that nearly 100 American children have been abducted to India. He sought “real action” from the Trump administration to bring them back to the country. He said that, “We have […]
Marrying a Swede? Or Swedish and Getting Married? Don’t You Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Blog Why do we recommend that a party with assets who is entering into an international marriage with a Swedish citizen or resident should always consider entering into an international prenuptial agreement? Because the law of Sweden concerning the division of assets upon a divorce is unusual and can be devastatingly unfair to unprotected spouses […]
Jamaica – U.S. Child Abduction Update
Blog Although Jamaica has adopted the Hague Abduction Convention, its accession has not yet been accepted by the United States, United Kingdom or Canada. Accordingly, the Convention is not in force between Jamaica and these countries. The Child Protection and Family Services Agency has complained that the failure of these key countries to accept Jamaica’s […]