International Family Law: The Plight of the Expatriate Spouse

The article contends that lawyers and judges need to do a far better job of understanding the unique circumstances of expatriates with children who moved overseas for romance or to accomodate their spouses’ work assignments.

In my experience, based on counseling very many expats in family crises, when such relationships fail the “trailing spouse” is often in a desperate situation that the law often fails to accomodate.