There are Two Ways to Prepare for an International Divorce
Blog Are you someone who always runs at the last minute to catch a plane? Or do you prefer to arrive at the airport ten minutes early and relax? This is a question that ‘marketing guru’ Seth Godin asks so as to illustrate the benefits of sensible planning in business. In my area — international […]
Enforceable Prenuptial Agreements: Their Time Has Come
Blog “Jeremy D Morley, Attorney-at-Law, International Family Law Office, New York, USA. The author says that the failure of English courts to enforce prenuptial agreements is an anachronistic peculiarity of English law that demonstrates a stubborn refusal to adapt the law to new conditions. The recent judgments of the House of Lords in Miller v Miller; McFarlane […]
New Parental Relocation Law in Connecticut
Blog Connecticut has passed “An Act Concerning the Relocation of Parents Having Custody of Minor Children,” to be effective October 1, 2006, that significantly changes the law of parental relocation in Connecticut. The Act is a result of the decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court in Ireland v. Ireland, 246 Conn. 413, 428, 717 A.2d 676 […]
Custody orders not respected internationally; Children abducted overseas
Blog The news story below demonstrates why it is so important for the courts to listen to parents who are concerned that their children may be taken to countries that do not respect custody orders issued by the courts of the countries from which children are taken. The article concerns the abduction of a child […]
International Relocation of Children
Blog Our article, International Relocation of Children: American and English Approaches, by Jeremy D. Morley and James H. Maguire, has been published in International Family Law.
India: Safe Haven for International Child Abduction
Blog For several reasons, India has become a safe haven for child abductors. First, India is not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Convention is the fundamental international treaty that protects the rights of abducted children and serves to have them returned promptly to the country […]
Strategic International Divorce ™
Blog International family lawyer, Jeremy D. Morley, announces the launch of the Strategic International Divorce Planning™service. Morley contends that people with assets and international connections who are contemplating a divorce, as well as the spouses of such people, should first seek strategic planning support. The financial consequences of being divorced in one jurisdiction rather than another […]
German Failure to Expedite Hague Child Abduction Cases
Blog It is our personal experience handling international child abduction cases in Germany (with local counsel) that serious problems apply with respect to the prosecution and satisfactory resolution of Hague Child Abduction Convention applications in Germany. The situation is so serious that we have written a letter to Secretary of State of State Condoleezza Rice […]
California mother held in custody breach case
Blog I am posting this to draw attention to what should be simply routine: the arrest of a parent after her abduction of her child. Hats off to California — the most progressive American state in this regard. By Sara EatonThe Journal GazetteMay 10, 2006 Police arrested a California woman Monday on charges of violating […]
Abducting parent (Canada to France) in Jail
Blog Vancouver court gets serious Woman accused of abducting her children to France is denied bail at 19:22 on May 11, 2006, EST.http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=23&id=511119 VANCOUVER (CP) – A woman accused of abducting her two children and hiding out in France has been denied bail and ordered to stay in prison while she is pregnant. Nathalie Gettliffe-Grant […]