by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com A court order rendered outside Brazil, that authorizes the relocation of a child to Brazil from the child’s current place of residence subject to certain specified conditions concerning the ongoing custody and access rights of the non-relocating parent, is not normally enforceable in Brazil. If the court order is not “homologized” in Brazil, the […]
If the article below is accurate one may ask why Japan is even bothering to pretend to comply with the Hague Abduction Convention. The article states that if a Japanese court orders that an abducted child should be returned to the country of the child’s habitual residence the child will nonetheless not be removed from […]
Senior family judge also urges ministers to give unmarried couples living together the same rights as married couples By Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent The Guardian, Tuesday 29 April 2014 12.43 EDT Couples agreeing to divorce by consent should be able to arrange their own separations with a trip to the registrar rather than having […]
Jeremy D. Morley In June 2021, the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires delivered a formal diplomatic protest known as a “demarche” to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, notifying Argentine officials that the Department cited Argentina in the 2021 Annual Report on International Child Abduction for demonstrating a pattern of noncompliance during 2020. […]
Jeremy D. Morley Having represented numerous clients in international child custody matters concerning India, this author has been accepted on several occasions as an expert on international family law matters concerning India. The author is aware of seven cases in which courts in the United States, Canada and England have refused to allow visits to […]
Mum trapped in Egypt with no way out after rescuing abducted daughter Samantha Landy Herald Sun August 26, 2014 8:48PM A MELBOURNE woman who travelled to violence-plagued Egypt to rescue her abducted daughter has been trapped in the country for more than a year — and the Australian Government says there is nothing more it […]
The current issue of Metropolis Tokyo has an update on Japan’s practices that favor international child abduction. The article is based in significant part on my input. Part of the article reads as follows: “As we reported 12 months ago, no Japanese court has ever caused a child abducted to Japan by a Japanese parent […]
“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; […]
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 […]
Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Costa Rica since 2008. In 2020, Costa Rica continued to demonstrate a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, the judicial authorities failed to regularly implement and comply with the provisions of the Convention. As a result of this failure, 29 percent of requests for […]
Just today, a client and then a potential client told me that this article describes their exact circumstances. We are reprinting the article now because so many have said it that it is reassuring to know that others understand their circumstances. We regularly counsel clients who call from all over the world about exactly these […]
by Jeremy D. Morley A Connecticut court has refused to enforce a custody order of the United Arab Emirates on the ground that the order is repugnant to Connecticut public policy. The UAE court awarded custody of two children to their father because they and the father are Muslim while the mother is Christian. Al […]
Korea is not a party to the Hague Abduction Convention. The United States is now consistently urging Korea to join the international community in signing the Convention. The article below presents the United States position. Korea should ratify the Hague Abduction Convention to help resolve international child abduction by parents. By Cynthia Sharpe, Consul General […]
