China’s Noncompliance – International Child Abduction – U.S. July 2018 Action Report
Blog Country Summary: China does not adhere to any protocols with respect to international parental child abduction. In 2017, China demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, the competent authorities in China persistently failed to work with the Department to resolve abduction cases. As a result of this failure, 75 percent (three cases involving three children) […]
Brazil’s Noncompliance – Inernational Child Abduction – U.S. July 2018 Action Report
Blog Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Brazil since 2003. In 2017, Brazil demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, Brazil’s judicial branch regularly failed to implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. As a result of this failure, 35 percent (seven cases involving eight children) of […]
Bahama’s Noncompliance – International Child Abduction – U.S. July 2018 Action Report
Blog Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and The Bahamas since 1994. The Department cited The Bahamas for demonstrating a pattern of noncompliance in the 2018 Annual Report. Specifically, the Bahamian Central Authority regularly failed to fulfill its responsibilities pursuant to the […]
Argentina’s Noncompliance – International Child Abduction – U.S. July 2018 Action Report
Blog Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Argentina since 1991. In 2017, Argentina demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, Argentina’s judicial branch regularly failed to implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. As a result of this failure, 40 percent (two cases involving two children) of […]
Expert Witness: Child Relocation to Pakistan
Blog In a recent case in a state court in the United States, I testified as an expert witness that in my opinion if a parent were to relocate to Pakistan with the parties’ child, and were then to violate the rights of the left-behind parent, then: a. The courts in Pakistan would have exclusive […]
India’s ‘Bindal’ Committee Promotes International Child Abduction
Blog My article, India’s ‘Bindal’ Committee promotes international child abduction has been published in the current (9/18) edition of the International Family Law Journal. In the article, I explain that the debate in India concerning the prevention of international child abduction to India, and India’ s potential accession to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects […]
Expats with Children-Top Tips from an International Family Lawyer
Blog Expats with Children … Top Tips from an International Family Lawyer By Jeremy D. Morley* Before you move overseas, you absolutely must realize, understand and fully evaluate the fact that, if you are in a new country with a child, you may find yourself trapped there indefinitely if the other parent refuses to let you […]
Preventing International Child Abduction
Blog The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in coordination with the U.S. Department of State and other federal agencies, has had for some time a program – which our office has frequently used – to prevent the departure of a child from the United States when presented with a valid, […]
State Department’s Annual Report on International Child Abduction: United Arab Emirates
Blog The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our last post in a series here focusing on the twelve countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today’s country is the United Arab Emirates. Country Summary: The United Arab Emirates does not adhere to any protocols with respect […]
Common Law Marriage in Israel
Blog Common law marriages are alive and well in Israel. They are increasingly popular as a means of circumventing the religious monopoly on civil marriage in that country. The religious control over civil marriage in Israel, and the accompanying restrictions imposed by the ultra-orthodox rabbinate and other religious authorities, is a key factor behind the […]