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 […]
See the article below on Japan. Dateline NBC will be airing a piece on the case of my client, Christopher Savoie, this Sunday, May 9 at 7:00 pm EST. US lawmakers threaten Japan on child custody (AFP) WASHINGTON — US lawmakers threatened to punish Japan unless it worked to reunite hundreds of children with foreign parents, […]
Congratulations to our victorious client, Rod MacLeod, to whom we rendered extensive advice from afar throughout his long-standing divorce case in the courts of the Isle of Man and then in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The case has resulted in a landmark decision today in favor of our client by the Privy […]
Country Summary: The Convention has been in force between the United States and the Dominican Republic since 2007. In 2017, the Dominican Republic demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance. Specifically, the judicial authorities in the Dominican Republic persistently failed to implement and abide by the provisions of the Convention. As a result of this failure, 20 […]
There seems to be a rash of child abductions out of Australia — although perhaps this is simply because many Australian cases are coming my way. My theory is that it is partly a result of the recent changes in Australian child custody law. The main and eminently laudable objective of the 2006 amendments to […]
A major debate is under way as to the future of the “grave risk of harm defense” in Hague Convention international child abduction cases. The move is spearheaded by those who believe that the Hague Convention discriminates against expatriate mothers who are victims of domestic violence and who return to their countries of origin with […]
From People Magazine, September 21, 2019 Bethany Vierra’s daily routine begins at sunrise, when she gets up to make pancakes or scrambled eggs for her young daughter, Zaina, a curly haired 4-year-old. It’s the familiar prelude to happy hours of coloring, reading inside their apartment and swimming in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital. But for […]
