by Jeremy D. Morley I had the pleasure this week of participating in a panel discussion organized by the Singapore Bar Association with three brilliant international family lawyers, Yap Teong Liang of Singapore, Kiran Dhaliwal of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Keturah Sageman of Sydney, Australia. The topic was Relocation v Abduction – Fight or Flight: […]
Court strikes out appeal by Muslim husband in interfaith custody case BY V. ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Published: 10 September 2014 http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/court-strikes-out-appeal-by-muslim-husband-in-interfaith-custody-case The Court of Appeal today struck out an appeal by Muslim convert Muhammad Ridzuan Abdullah who was found in contempt of court for his refusal to hand over his daughter to the mother […]
Courts, prosecutors and the police are often reluctant to apply criminal law in international child abduction cases. They feel that such cases are mere family disputes that should be resolved privately or through the civil courts. In many cases this view is naïve and it can be extremely harmful. Now the English Court of Appeal […]
We are thrilled to advise that our client, Stacy Peters, has returned to the United States with her two children. Her oldest child was the subject of a lengthy and hotly-contested international custody battle. Our client is overjoyed and very grateful but she now asks for some time alone with her children. Please follow this […]
The New York legislature has passed a law that clears up what had been an enormous problem concerning the enforcement of prenuptial agreements in New York. New Section 250 of the Domestic Relations Law now provides that the three year statute of limitations for commencing an action or asserting a defense that arises from a […]
Jeremy D. Morley The level of corruption within a state’s legal system may be an important factor in evaluating the risk of a proposed visit to that country by a child and a parent in litigation to permit or prevent such a visit. Obviously the risk is far greater if the level of corruption […]
The article below concerning international child abduction via the Netherlands is worrying. Remember that a child who is in any country in Europe’s Schengen Areamay then be taken into another Schengen country without a passport. The Schengen Borders Code requires participating states to remove all obstacles to free traffic flow at internal borders. But note that only […]
Swiss clockmakers fail to tell the time: ECHR allows abduction after many delays There is much controversy across the child abduction world, between Europe and non-European countries, following a decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Neulinger & Shuruk v. Switzerland (Application no. 41615/07) handed down on 6 […]
She’s only 7, a schoolgirl from Elizabeth, but Arianna Adan soon may change state, national and even international law. Legal briefs filed by two state agencies, a coalition of national organizations and her mother’s lawyers seek not only to block Arianna’s deportation in an international custody case, but also to change the way the United […]
The U.S. Senate has today passed a “Bipartisan Resolution Calls on Countries to Do More to Prevent and Resolve Cases of Children Abducted by Parents Across International Borders.” The Resolution should be useful when seeking to prevent potential abduction to Japan, India, and Egypt, since those countries are specifically “reprimanded.” The Resolution also reinforces claims […]
From http://legalcurrent.com/2010/04/16/international-family-law-expert-offers-his-insight Practice tips Cases involving children, spouses and families can often be complicated when one country’s laws are involved. When those cases reach across borders and time zones the complexity increases. Now an attorney who the media has often turned to for help in understanding a complicated international family law issue – like child […]
At a hearing held on December 10, 2018 by a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Chris Smith alleged that nearly 100 American children have been abducted to India. He sought “real action” from the Trump administration to bring them back to the country. He said that, “We have 100 […]
The Superior Court in New Haven, Connecticut relied in substantial part on the expert evidence presented by Jeremy Morley as to family law in India in ruling that the mother of a young girl should not be allowed to travel to India with the child for a visit with family. The child’s father opposed the […]
Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com Why do we recommend that a party with assets who is entering into an international marriage with a Swedish citizen or resident should always consider entering into an international prenuptial agreement? Because the law of Sweden concerning the division of assets upon a divorce is unusual and can be devastatingly unfair […]
