United States Criminal Laws Concerning Passports
Blog Follow this link to a new article appearing on our website concerning criminal laws involving passports: U.S. Criminal Laws Concerning Passports
Russia Accedes to Hague Child Abduction Convention
Blog On Thursday, 28 July 2011, the Russian Federation deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Convention will enter into force for the Russian Federation on 1 October 2011. The treaty will not be in force between Russia and The United […]
Hungary Violates the Hague Convention on Abduction
Blog Having worked on international child custody matters concerning Hungary for several years, and having consulted with Hungarian counsel on such issues, it is unfortunately clear that Hungary does not comply with its obligation under the Hague Abduction Convention to promptly return children who are wrongfully taken to Hungary or retained in Hungary. My conclusions […]
Expert testimony: Chinese Family Law and Potential International Child Abduction to China
Blog In what the Court described as a “very difficult case” between two Chinese parents living in Georgia — one of whom (the child’s mother) faces deportation to China for lack of an immigration visa and had asked the Court to give custody of the parties’ child to her and to authorize her to relocate […]
Korea and International Child Abduction
Blog Korea is not a party to the Hague Abduction Convention. The United States is now consistently urging Korea to join the international community in signing the Convention. The article below presents the United States position. Korea should ratify the Hague Abduction Convention to help resolve international child abduction by parents. By Cynthia Sharpe, Consul […]
Prenuptial Agreements in Japan
Blog We have represented many international clients who have entered into marriage contracts or prenuptial agreements with Japanese spouses. We always work in collaboration with Japanese counsel in such matters as appropriate and as instructed by our clients. Prenuptial agreements are not common in Japan. They have never been a part of Japanese culture, even […]
Israel’s Religious Divorce Requirement Discriminates Against Women
Blog Israel’s divorce law requires that Jews in Israel must be divorced only in the Jewish religious courts. Clearly this discriminates against womensince only a husband has the right to grant his wife a divorce (a “get”) of his own free will. This religious requirement leads to a host of further discriminatory consequences. The 1979 […]
Filing Jointly Can Be Dangerous
Blog Here is a scary article in the current issue of Forbes concerning the potential dangers of filing a joint U.S. tax return. Marriage Trap: Before you sign a joint tax return, consider the consequences–and these IRS horror stories. Robert W. Wood, 06.27.11 www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0627/money-guide-11-tax-joint-return-irs-wedding-marriage-trap.html For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,” goes the classic […]
Philippines Divorce Law?
Blog The Philippines, one of a tiny number of countries to still outlaw divorce, is now engaged in a serious legislative debate as to whether to legalize divorce. The committee on revision of laws has just held its first hearing on House Bill 1799 (An Act Introducing Divorce in the Philippines). One Representative insisted that […]
International child abductions up sharply: US official
Blog WASHINGTON — International child abductions are “sharply on the rise,” the US State Department’s official in charge of children’s issues said Wednesday as Americans marked Missing Children’s Day. Family members abduct more than 200,000 children every year in the United States, and last year nearly 2,000 children were kidnapped by one of their parents […]