In researching child relocation and abduction law, I came across Jeremy Morley. His website, www.international-divorce.com, was very informative about the subject – something lawyers are not always known for. I decided to call and interview Jeremy, as the subject of child abduction and relocation is currently a hot topic with cross cultural marriage, migration and […]
by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com You are asked to prepare a prenuptial agreement between spouses of different nationalities, who have different prior countries of residency, assets in various international locations and future plans to relocate to one or more countries. Where do you start? And how do you protect yourself? It is difficult enough preparing a prenuptial […]
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 party […]
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 […]
by Jeremy D. Morley On July 8, 2017 the Chief Justice of India, Hon’ble Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar, addressed the issue of India’s failure to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in a speech at an All India Seminar of the International Law Association. The Chief Justice sought to […]
by Jeremy D. Morley We handle many prenuptial agreements between spouses who have connections to the United Kingdom and the United States, always working with local counsel as appropriate. Drafting prenuptial agreements is always challenging but the complexities are greatly magnified when the clients are international, whether in their citizenship, the location of assets, their […]
Expats with Children … Top Tips from an International Family Lawyer By Jeremy D. Morley* Before you move overseas, you absolutely must realize, understand and fully evaluate the fact that, if you are in a new country with a child, you may find yourself trapped there indefinitely if the other parent refuses to let you […]
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 […]
We have previously expressed concerns about the impact of Australian child custody law on international family law situations. See: http://www.internationalfamilylawfirm.com/2008/11/australias-child-custody-law.html http://www.internationalfamilylawfirm.com/2008/06/australian-child-relocation-abduction.html http://www.internationalfamilylawfirm.com/2006/12/australia-child-relocation.html Now, an Australian Institute of Family Studies report confirms that there is a real problem. Our concern is that the problem is often greatly enhanced in international cases. Children ‘at risk’ in shared […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Zaid Ibrahim lamented today the lack of empathy among fellow Malay-Muslims towards non-Muslims caught in inter-religious child custody tussles. The former de facto law minister pleaded with the Malay-Muslim majority to put themselves in a non-Muslim’s shoes and to imagine if hypothetically, the law allowed a non-Muslim parent to convert a Muslim […]
I reported in 2011 that “Having worked on international child custody matters concerning Hungary for several years, and having consulted with Hungarian counsel on such issues, it is unfortunately clear that Hungary does not comply with its obligation under the Hague Abduction Convention to promptly return children who are wrongfully taken to Hungary or retained […]
Like the United States, England has no exit controls. This means that one parent (or conceivably even a stranger) can take a child out of the country without the consent of the other parent. The police forces in Humberside, England have announced their intention to crack down on this problem. It is a model that […]
Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com The Court of Appeals of Washington State, Division One, has issued a Commissioner’s Ruling refusing to allow discretionary review of a lower court ruling that held – based on the expert evidence of international family lawyer Jeremy D. Morley, as well as another expert – that Egypt’s child custody laws […]
by Jeremy D. Morley(1) “Mirror” orders can be a useful tool in the arsenal of lawyers who handle cases concerning international child travel and the prevention of potential international child abduction. Increasingly courts are being asked to enjoin parents from taking children overseas because of a parent’s fear that the children will not be […]
