Posted by Jeremy Morley | Mar 11, 2024 |
by Jeremy D. Morley
The United States accepted Pakistan's accession to the Hague Abduction Convention in 2020, but there has been very little experience so far concerning Pakistan's compliance with the treaty. The latest State Department report to Congress on this issue merely states that no Co...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Mar 07, 2024 |
By Jeremy D. Morley
Can a parent who has obtained an order of sole custody of a U.S. citizen child from a foreign court obtain a U.S. passport for the child without notice to the other parent and without the consent of the other parent? My answer is that it depends on the circumstances but if ha...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Feb 26, 2024 |
Jeremy D. Morley[1]
www.international-divorce.com
1. This article concerns Muslim divorces in Pakistan.
2. A Muslim marriage is a civil contract, known as a nikah nama. The nikah nama contains provisions for the dowry (“mahr”). The mahr is usually in two parts – t...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Nov 21, 2023 |
We are delighted that yesterday after a lengthy trial, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Briccetti J.) upheld our client's position that her relocation of her children from Montreal to Monsey, New York was not in violation of the Hague Abduction Convention.
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Nov 20, 2023 |
We are delighted to have assisted in securing the return to their home in the U.S. of children who were wrongfully retained in the country of Colombia.
The return was a result of actions taken in the United States not in Colombia.
Colombia remains a high-risk destination for child visits wh...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Oct 23, 2023 |
Jeremy D. Morley
Australia's experiment with a presumption of “equal shared parental responsibility” has ended, with passage of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023.
In 2006 Australia adopted the presumption of equal parenting in order to change the then-prevalent practice of favoring mothers o...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Sep 15, 2023 |
Jeremy D. Morley
In an article entitled Billionaire Divorces Spur Crackdown by China's Market Regulator,Bloomberg cites a “rising number of divorces among China's wealthy tycoons” amid concerns that divorce is being used in China as a device to split large stockholdings and uncertainty as to the...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Sep 12, 2023 |
Joyful news! Our client today has his children safely. back home in Virginia after their mother abducted them to France. Kudos to the French authorities. The return was a little more than two months after I was retained.
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 29, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Romania has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 28, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
The Republic of Korea has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 25, 2023 |
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 ...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 24, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Jordan has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for the last eight years.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the pa...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 22, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
India has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for the last eight years.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the pas...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 21, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Honduras has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken ...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 18, 2023 |
Bangladesh needs to accede to the Hague Abduction Convention. See this article about my Japanese client.
https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/japanese-mother-vs-bangladeshi-father-key-takeaways-3396406
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 17, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Egypt has been declared by the State Department to be non-compliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for each and every year for the past eight years.
The State Department has reported to Cong...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 16, 2023 |
Issues concerning proper service of process on parties in Colombia can be tricky, especially in light of the Hague Service Convention. We have provided expert assistance to local family lawyers in two cases recently. In both cases, the client's positions were upheld.
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 16, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Ecuador has been declared by the State Department to be noncompliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for each and every year for the past eight years.
The State Department has reported to Con...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 15, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Bulgaria has been declared by the State Department to be noncompliant with the Hague Abduction Convention.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 14, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Belize has been declared by the State Department to be noncompliant with the Hague Abduction Convention.
The State Department has reported to Congress that within the past year it has taken the f...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 10, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Argentina has been declared by the State Department to be noncompliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for each and every year for the past eight years.
The State Department has reported to C...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 09, 2023 |
The U.S. State Department has now issued its 2023 Action Report on International Child Abduction.
Brazil has by far the worst record of all of the countries in the world of having been declared by the State Department to be noncompliant with the Hague Abduction Convention for each and every year...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 09, 2023 |
Chinese Divorce Law: A Major Development
by Jeremy D. Morley
https://www.international-divorce.com/notes-on-laws-and-practices-of-china-3
In China, marital property is theoretically required to be divided equally between the spouses upon a divorce. But without an enforceable obligation to make...
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Aug 07, 2023 |
Posted by Jeremy Morley | Jun 21, 2023 |
Delighted to have authored the chapter on International Child Abduction and Non-Hague Convention Countries in the Research Handbook on International Child Abduction, edited by Marilyn Freeman and Nicola Taylor.https://lnkd.in/eTvvgYQU