This 2016 article, based in part on my input, remains fully applicable today. I consult on such matters with clients around the world, always working with local counsel as appropriate. Jeremy Morley, www.international-divorce.com The Terrifying Reality of International Custody Disputes By Chen Ximeng […]
By Jeremy D. Morley International family law is expanding as people travel more and spend time with people from different countries. International personal relationships produce an abundance of conflict and litigation. It is hard enough for people to live together when they share a similar background, but it is far harder when they are from […]
My article, India’s ‘Bindal’ Committee promotes international child abduction has been published in the current (9/18) edition of the International Family Law Journal. In the article, I explain that the debate in India concerning the prevention of international child abduction to India, and India’ s potential accession to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects […]
As has been recently reported by the U.S. State Department: · The Republic of Korea is one of only a handful of East Asian countries that has acceded to the Hague Abduction Convention. · The Republic of Korea acceded to the Convention in December 2012, and the Convention went into force for the Republic of […]
By Jeffrey Landers The world is getting smaller and smaller. We live in a global society fueled by a global economy. International travel has never been easier. And now, thanks to the internet, we’re all connected in new ways and with fewer barriers than ever before. These days, people meet and fall in love across […]
by Jeremy D. Morley By decision dated December 21, 2017 the Supreme Court of Japan has upheld the decision of the Osaka High Court to dismiss the petition under The Hague Abduction Convention to return four children who were abducted to Japan […]
Jeremy Morley In a high profile international divorce case a Malaysian court has ruled that it has divorce jurisdiction over the parties even though an English court ruled recently that the English courts have divorce jurisdiction. The wife had asserted – successfully in England – that she her home is in England, but the court […]
A new registration system under which municipalities accept babies born within 300 days after a divorce as the child of the mother’s new husband started Monday. The measure, however, requires doctor certification proving conception happened after the divorce. The Civil Code stipulates a baby born within 300 days of divorce is the former husbands’ child […]
Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Brazil since 2003. In 2020, Brazil continued to demonstrate a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, the Brazilian judicial authorities failed to regularly implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. Additionally, the competent authorities failed to take appropriate steps to locate a […]
