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Court Ruling on Expert Testimony of Jeremy Morley Concerning Japan

Posted by Jeremy Morley | Jun 11, 2018 | 0 Comments

From the transcript of Reasons for Judgment in matter in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, dated June 1, 2018:

THE COURT: “… I heard expert evidence on Japan and its adherence to and enforcement of foreign parenting orders from Mr. Jeremy Morley, a New York attorney with an international family law practice and a focus on Japan and Japanese child custody law. Mr. Morley has testified in other Canadian court cases and in 2016 was accepted as an expert in British Columbia proceedings before Justice Arnold-Bailey. Relying on Mr. Morley's evidence, Justice Arnold-Bailey denied mom's request to take the children to Japan. 

I accept Mr. Morley's evidence regarding dad's likelihood of access to [the child] if mom is permitted to move with [the child] to Japan and dad's likelihood of success in getting [the child] back from Japan under the Hague Convention if mom takes [the child] to visit Japan and doesn't return. Mr. Morley opined that if mom relocates to Japan, dad will not have meaningful access to [the child] unless his mom allows him to do so and dad will have no more than a slight chance of success in getting [the child] back from Japan should it be necessary under the Hague Convention. 

Mr. Morley testified that …

I did not find mom's [Japanese] expert … testimony to dislodge the concerns raised by Mr. Morley.”

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Jeremy Morley

Jeremy D. Morley was admitted to the New York Bar in 1975 and concentrates on international family law. His firm works with clients around the world from its New York office, with a global network of local counsel. Mr. Morley is the author of "International Family Law Practice,...

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