When Is a Saudi Woman Considered an Adult?
Blog Maha Akeel, Arab News. Nov 2, 2007 It is surprising and frustrating to see that women in Saudi Arabia, despite all their achievements, continue to be treated as underage dependents who need and are forced to be managed by their male guardians. It is necessary at this point of Saudi women’s history to address […]
Top Ten Tips for Expats
Blog … From an International Family Lawyer by Jeremy D. Morley Here are some of my “international family lawyer’s best tips” for international clients moving overseas and for expatriates. Before you move overseas, realize that if you have children in a new country you may find yourself trapped there. An example: Angie the American and Gus […]
Fundraiser for Film on Japanese Child Abduction
Blog Two film-makers, David Hearn and Matt Antell, are working on a film project to draw attention to the scandal of parental child abductions to Japan and in Japan. They are conducting a fundraiser for their film to be held in Tokyo in December at the Pink Cow restaurant in Shibuya on December 11th starting at 7:30. Tickets cost […]
“Ireland’s Divorce Courts a Shambles”
Blog Ireland’s divorce courts are overloaded and need a complete overhaul to make breaking up fairer and less of a bank-breaking ordeal, an expert report on the secrecy-shrouded system concluded Tuesday. The government-commissioned report, which offered 45 recommendations to fix the system, faulted the government for doing much too little since the 1997 legalization of divorce […]
India Marriage Registration Call
Blog The Times of India has endorsed a demand by the Supreme Court of India that all marriages in India be registered. In an editorial the newspaper states that: Marriage law is a touchy issue in India, especially for leaders of the Muslim community. The shadow of common civil code looms over any prospective legislation on the subject. […]
Korea’s New Family Registration Law
Blog The South Korean Supreme Court has issued details of its implementation of the new family registration law, which will take effect on January 1, 2008. The new system will replace the traditional “hoju” system, which the Constitutional Court in Korea declared unconstitutional as violating the right to gender equality. The current hoju system places only a male member as the […]
Mahr – Islamic Marriage Contract – Held to be Not Enforceable
Blog An Ohio court has reportedly ruled that a promise made as part of a mahr – a dowry gift given by the groom to his bride upon an Islamic marriage – could not be enforced at law. The Ohio Case The case in Ohio stemmed from the marriage of a Muslim couple – the bride living in Ohio and the groom from Ireland. The bride’s father […]
Czech procedure for Hague Convention international child abduction cases
Blog International child abduction cases in the Czech Republic will be assigned to ten specially-selected judges at the Brno District and Brno Regional courts, if a bill that was presented by the Czech Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil is adopted. The bill would create internal Czech rules for such cases that are brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects […]
Germany’s Pattern of Noncompliance with Hague Child Abduction Convention
Blog In an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in May 2006, this author vehemently protested what he asserted was Germany’s noncompliance with its treaty obligations under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The letter focused on a pattern of lengthy delays and stalling that was preventing […]
Urgency required in child abduction cases
Blog The English courts — unlike the courts in many countries, including in many situations the United States — insist that child abduction cases are resolved expeditiously. In the European Union, following the entry into force of the Brussels II bis Regulation, there is now an obligation that the entire process of child abduction cases be completed […]