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I just found this ruling from a while back by a judge in Connecticut on the impact of my testimony as an expert witness on India law and practice. “We, normally in these matters, do not have the opportunity to hear from an expert witness, particularly someone as learned and as experienced in what I’ll […]

Jeremy D. Morley The mature child’s objection exception to the Hague Abduction Convention employs very loose language that provides a trial court with great discretion. In a hotly-contested case that I won in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Friday the trial judge found that a child who […]

Jeremy D. Morley When seeking or opposing an order to prevent or limit a child’s international travel outside the United States it is important to understand that the United States has no exit controls (except to the very limited extent of the Prevent Departure Program). The Secretary of State’s office now expressly and helpfully advises […]

Country Summary: Jordan is not a party to the Convention and does not adhere to any protocols with respect to international parental child abduction. In 2006, the United States and Jordan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to encourage voluntary resolution of abduction cases and facilitate consular access to abducted children. In 2017, Jordan demonstrated a […]

Today’s (London) Times contains an opinion article from the paper’s former editor, William Rees-Mogg, attacking the English divorce system. The article, entitled “Divorced from the realities,” reflects a rising tide of anger in England that the English divorce laws, as they have been changed drastically but badly by the English judiciary in the past five […]

A Canadian wife who had lived in Nevada for 3½ years on a visitor’s visa could not get divorced in Nevada. So held the Nevada Supreme Court (Rozsnyai v. Svacek, 272 Neb. 567 (Nov. 2006)). Nevada law requires that either spouse have at least one year’s genuine residency instate in order for Nevada to have […]

A PARENT who decides to leave Cyprus with his or her children without first seeking the approval of their other half could soon be subject to criminal prosecution. In its January 3 sitting, the Cabinet approved a bill submitted by the Justice Ministry that is set to alter the Penal Code. The proposed law will […]

The current issue of The Economist has a great article by Edward Lucas on international family law. The title is Money in misery: International marriages are crumbling with the global economy, revealing unseen pitfalls in cross-border divorce law. Good news for lawyers. Some extracts are: According to Jeremy Morley, an international divorce lawyer based in […]

Jeremy D. Morley Chapter Three of the Marriage Law of China, as amended in 2001, provides for spousal community property of post-marital wages, bonuses, income from production and business, income from intellectual property, property obtained from inheritance or gift and “other properties that shall be jointly owned.” (Art. 17). Article 18 specifies items that are […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has today, in Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez, upheld the Second Circuit ruling that the one year period in the “one year and settled” exception to the Hague Abduction Convention is not subject to equitable tolling.  The decision is not surprising since that is what the treaty provides and the American equitable […]

“Our cup runneth over” with amazing testimonials from our clients. Here is just one: “I returned to New York with my 3 year old son from England following a Hague Convention trial. … My initial telephone consultation with Jeremy Morley gave me the confidence that not only was he an expert, but that his advice was […]

Jeremy D. Morley The Osaka High Court has just issued a decision in a case under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the “Hague Convention”) that provides strong support for the claim that Japan does not comply with the terms of the treaty and that is, indeed, in violation of […]

Jeremy D. Morley Japan has not yet ratified the Hague Abduction Convention. The Japanese Cabinet has today reportedly approved the ratification but the necessary legislation has not yet been passed by the Japanese Diet (Parliament). The issue of Japan’s joining the Hague Convention is still controversial in Japan. Many members of the Diet are flatly […]