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 […]
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction. Peru has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for the last nine years. The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the following actions in […]
The English Court of Appeal has just issued a significant ruling on the issue of consent in a Hague abduction case. In re P-J (Children) (Abduction: Consent), [2009] EWCA Civ 588; [2009] WLR (D) 207, dated June 23, 2009. It frequently happens that one parent tells the other parent that the or she can take […]
Jeremy D Morley Jurisdiction in India concerning child custody matters is primarily based on the concept of “ordinary residence.” Section 9 (1) of the Guardian and Wards Act 1890 provides that, “If the application is with respect to the guardianship of the person of the minor, it shall be made to the District Court having […]
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our second post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today’s country is Brazil. Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Brazil since 2003. In 2019, Brazil continued to […]
Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and Japan since 2014. Since then Japan has made measurable progress preventing and resolving cases of international parental child abduction. The number of abductions to Japan reported to the Department has decreased since the Convention came into force for Japan. Despite this progress, […]
