Interview with Jeremy Morley: Local Father Desperate After Son is Reportedly Taken to Russia

Blog By Rachel Yonkunas Published: September 22, 2016, 4:36 pm QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Queensbury man is raising awareness to a growing global issue of International Child Abduction. It happens when a child is wrongfully taken and held in another country by a parent. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon. Corey McKeighan shares custody of his son Xavier with […]

JDM Speaking at Paris Bar Association Event, 9/20

Blog Jeremy will speak in Paris at the Paris Bar Association on Tuesday morning, Sept. 20th, together with Delphine Eskenazi (Libra Avocats in Paris) and Sophie Rodrigues (French Ministry of Justice).  The theme of the event is a Comparison of French and U.S. Practices concerning International Child Abduction: Details are at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/enl%C3%A8vement-denfants-et-d%C3%A9placement-illicite-pratiques-eskenazi?trk=hb_ntf_MEGAPHONE_ARTICLE_POST La French-American Bar association […]

Child Visits to Israel

Blog When parents are separated and one wants to take a child to visit Israel, the other parent often worries that the child will not be returned, especially if the taking parent is Israeli or has expressed a desire to live in Israel. Such concerns should not be brushed aside. Obviously, if the taking parent […]

JDM Speaking at Beverly Hills Bar Association Event: 9/28

Blog A lively conversation about the issues facing both international and family law practitioners in our global society. The speakers will discuss international visitation, child relocation, and the Hague convention as well as providing tips on strategic international divorce. Speaker: Jeremy Morley Premier International Family Law Attorney Moderators: Jennifer Riemer, CFLS Walzer Melcher LLP Malcolm […]

Japan and the Hague Abduction Convention: An Update

Blog Japan adopted the Hague Abduction Convention with effect from April 1, 2014. Before then, its reputation as a safe haven for international child abduction was almost universal. Japan yielded to international pressure by signing the Convention but its compliance with the treaty is questionable. A few cases have been initiated in Japan under the […]

Update on Pakistan & the Hague Abduction Convention

Blog Pakistan on track to sign Hague Child Abduction Convention A source of relief to both Pakistani and foreigner parents, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction will make it easier for families to bring their children to Pakistan, or to relocate their children to a foreign domicile, is nearly ready […]

The Hague Abduction Convention, Second Edition

Blog The Second Edition of my book, The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers, has just been released.  Read below for some info about the book, and follow the link at the bottom of this post to purchase the Second Edition. Author(s): Jeremy Morley Sponsor(s): Section of Family Law Co-Sponsor(s): Section […]

Canadian Court Upholds Expert Report on Risk of Child’s Travel to Japan

Blog In a custody case in British Columbia, Canada, the BC Supreme Court has accepted as an expert report my report on the international family law elements of the case with a particular reference to the abduction dangers of a child’s proposed visit to Japan, quoted extensively from my report, used the report as the […]

The Korean Family Relations Registry and Korean Passports for Children

Blog Nature and Purpose of the Registry The Korean Family Registry is governed by Korea’s “Act on the Registration etc. of Family Relationships.” The purpose of the Act is defined in Article 1 as “to prescribe matters concerning the registration of establishment and changes in family relations such as the birth, marriage, death, etc. of […]

Annual Hague Compliance Report Released

Blog The U.S. State Department has just issued its 2016 Annual Report on International Parental Child Abduction under the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act. The Report cites 21 countries that either demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance as defined in the Act or otherwise failed to comply with any of […]