December 2024

                                                                                         Jeremy D. Morley Upon re-reading the recent decision of the Supreme […]

Jeremy D. Morley Japan adopted the Hague Abduction Convention with effect from April 1, 2014. Before then, its reputation as a safe haven for international child abduction was almost universal. Japan yielded to international pressure by signing the Convention but its compliance with the treaty is questionable. A few cases have been initiated in Japan […]

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 […]

Country Summary:  The Convention has been in force between the United States and Morocco since 2012. In 2017, Morocco demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, the Moroccan Central Authority and law enforcement authorities in Morocco failed to take appropriate steps to locate a child in one case for more than one year after a Convention […]

The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our fourth post in a series here focusing on the twelve countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.”  Today’s country is China. Country Summary: China does not adhere to any protocols with respect to international parental child abduction. In […]

Here is the full text of House Resolution 1326, passed almost unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives today, September 29, 2010, condemning Japan’s “abduction and wrongful retention” of children — including the children of several of my clients — and urging Japan to act “immediately” to resolve cases involving U.S. parents. 111th CONGRESS, 2d Session, H. RES. […]

Jeremy D. Morley 1.                  Kyrgyzstan does not comply with international norms concerning the return of internationally abducted children. The primary method of obtaining the return of an internationally-abducted child is by means of an application under the Hague Abduction Convention. It is the public policy of the United States that all countries should adhere to […]

By Yair Ettinger Haaretz 1-14-11 Three recent rabbinical court rulings have asserted far-reaching and controversial authority in divorces of couples married in a civil ceremony. The Interior Ministry requires Jewish couples to provide proof of divorce from a rabbinical court to get their divorce registered, regardless of how they married. But a recent ruling by […]

The following are excerpts, without footnotes, of an article published in the Judges’ Newsletter on International Child Protection Vol. XX, Summer – Autumn 2013. The full article is available on the website of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Concentration of Jurisdiction under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects […]

The U.S. State Department has just issued its 2017 Annual Report on International Parental Child Abduction under the International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (ICAPRA). The following is the Country Summary and related information from the third country listed as “Noncompliant” in the report, Brazil: Country Summary: The United States and Brazil have been […]

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 […]

 by Jeremy D. Morley           If a parent wants to take a child who is living in the United States to live in another country, is it necessary for the parent to apply to court for permission to relocate? A.     Consent If the relocating parent has received the other parent’s consent to relocate, then there […]

We are delighted that we helped to secure the return to California this week of a child who had been abducted to Taiwan. Taiwan is not a party to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction and the Taiwanese judicial system would likely not be helpful in such a situation. We advised our client to […]

By Jeremy D. Morley Wǔxīng Hóngqí (“Five-starred Red Flag”) 1.                  China does not comply with international norms concerning the return of internationally abducted children. 2.                   China has failed to adopt the Hague Abduction Convention and has failed to enter into any bilateral arrangement with the United States to return abducted children. 3.                  There can be no […]