Korea Okays Sex During Divorce
Blog Korea’s top court has ruled that sexual relations outside marriage committed during consensual divorce proceedings was not a criminal act. Under current Korean law, adulterous relations are considered a criminal act and those found guilty can receive jail sentences of up to two years. The Supreme Court overruled a lower court’s conviction of a 57-year-old […]
Israeli court: Husband who refused divorce must pay damages
Blog The Jerusalem Family Court (Judge Ben Zion Greenberger) has reportedly ordered a husband who refused to give his wife a divorce for nine years to pay damages of approximately $160,000. In an unprecedented ruling, the judge said that even if a husband is not required by the court to give his wife a divorce, he […]
Credit crunch raises divorce rate for America’s superwealthy
Blog London Times article citing me and other N.Y. lawyers: The Times, July 11, 2008 Tom Bawden in New York America’s credit crunch is putting the squeeze on the marriages of New York’s superwealthy as a record number of couples with $10 million or more in assets sue for divorce. The New York lawyer Raoul Felder, […]
International Child Visitation to Colombia
Blog We represented the mother in successfully defeating the Hague International Child Abduction Convention portion of this case in North Carolina. International child-custody case settled A boy, 12, will live in the U.S. with his mother. His father can visit but can’t take the boy to visit Colombiaagainst his will. A custody tug-of-war spanning two continents was settled Monday in Durham County court […]
Australian Child Relocation & Abduction Problems
Blog There seems to be a rash of child abductions out of Australia — although perhaps this is simply because many Australian cases are coming my way. My theory is that it is partly a result of the recent changes in Australian child custody law. The main and eminently laudable objective of the 2006 amendments to Australia’s […]
Canada: Divorced Couples Must Share Marital Debt
Blog Just as divorced couples sometimes share future assets, they also should have to share future debts tied to the marriage, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday. The 6-1 decision puts a Vancouver woman on the hook for part of her former husband’s unascertainable tax liability arising from tax shelters he bought during their marriage. […]
English Law Commission Looking At Prenuptial Agreements
Blog From Times Online June 11, 2008 Pre-nuptial agreements between couples planning to marry could become legally binding under a review of the law being carried out by the Government’s law reform body. The inquiry announced today by the Law Commission is part of its latest programme of law reform, which is also looking at the […]
Israeli Divorce Based on ‘Get’ Not Recognized in New York
Blog A state judge has declined to recognize an Israeli divorce judgment that was based on a “get,” or decree of divorce, issued by a Brooklyn rabbi. “If this court were to sanction the utilization of a ‘Get’ to circumvent the constitutional requirement that only the Supreme Court can grant a civil divorce, then a […]
Japan to Sign Hague Child Abduction Convention
Blog Yes!!!! 05/10/2008BY MIAKO ICHIKAWATHE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan will sign a treaty obliging the government to return to the rightful parent children of broken international marriages who are wrongfully taken and kept in Japan, sources said Friday. The Justice Ministry will begin work to review current laws with an eye on meeting requirements under the 1980 Hague […]
Preventing International Child Abduction: Texas Case
Blog When should a court take steps to prevent possible international child abduction by a foreign national parent? This issue is critical to many parents but many courts — and even many family law lawyers — do not give the issue the serious consideration that it must be given. The consequences of international parental child […]