Back Home From The UAE
Blog We are thrilled to advise that our client, Stacy Peters, has returned to the United States with her two children. Her oldest child was the subject of a lengthy and hotly-contested international custody battle. Our client is overjoyed and very grateful but she now asks for some time alone with her children. Please follow […]
Testimonials
Blog Testimonials: We receive a constant stream of unsolicited testimonials about our services in international family law, especially concerning international child abduction and international child custody. Please see our Testimonials page at our full site here: http://www.international-divorce.com/testimonials
Hague Convention 1996 comes into force in UK on 1st November
Blog From: Family Law Week Convention strengthens the authority of child’s habitual residence The Hague Convention 1996 on the International Protection of Children comes into force in the UK from 1 November 2012. The Convention has uniform rules determining which country’s authorities are competent to take the necessary measures of protection. These rules, which avoid […]
International Family Law: ABA Conference
Blog Please follow the below link to view my Power Point presentation on International Family Law Issues at the recent ABA Conference in Philadelphia: International Family Law
Saudi sharia judges decry Westernizing “stench” of legal reforms
Blog By Angus McDowall RIYADH Tue Nov 6, 2012 (Reuters) – Saudi judges who enforce sharia (Islamic law) have condemned what they see as “the stench of Western ideas” in sweeping legal reforms pushed by King Abdullah, underscoring friction between government modernizers and religious hardliners. In a letter to Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa seen by […]
Law Panel Wants Anti-Dowry Law Toned Down
Blog Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code creates a real and distinct danger for any non-resident Indian husband who may need to secure the assistance of the Indian authorities in any child custody case. The law provides for the punishment of the husband and his relatives if a married woman is subjected to cruelty […]
European Court Hearing in Important Hague Case
Blog An extremely important case concerning the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction will be argued in a few days before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. The case is X v. Latvia (ECHR Application no. 27853/09). The fundamental issue is the reach of the European Court’s […]
Book Announcement: Hague Abduction Convention
Blog I’m pleased to announce the publishing of my new book: The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers. The book covers all critical aspects of the Hague Convention, including procedural and practical issues, habitual residence, consent and acquiescence, rights of custody, common exceptions to the treaty, the child’s objections, and international […]
A (Somewhat) Happy Ending to a Japanese Child Abduction Case
Blog Here is an update about an international child abduction case in which we provided extensive and continuing behind-the-scenes strategic advice to the left-behind father and his local lawyers. Most parental child abductions to Japan end up very badly. This is an exception to the rule. Mother who abducted daughter to Japan avoids prisonBy Bruce […]
An Update Concerning Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention
Blog Over the past couple of years the Japanese Government has made a succession of statements concerning its purported intention to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. These statements were quite effective in that they served to limit the international pressure on Japan to sign the treaty. Of course, […]