The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our sixth post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is India. Country Summary: India does not adh...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our fifth post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Egypt. Country Summary: Egypt does not adh...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our fourth post in a series here focusing on the nine countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Ecuador. Country Summary: The Conv...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our third post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Costa Rica. Country Summary: The Convention h...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our second post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Brazil. Country Summary: The Conventi...
Jeremy D. Morley Argentina is a party to the Hague Abduction Convention but it has been repeatedly identified by the U.S. State Department as a country that demonstrates a “Pattern of Noncompliance” as defined in the International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014. The State Dep...
by Jeremy D. Morley In 2019, the American Institute in Taiwan and Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on international parental child abduction. Taiwan is not a party to the Hague Abduction Convention. The Memorandum ...
Jeremy D. Morley Brazil has adopted an unusual interpretation of the one-year provision in Article 12 of the Hague Abduction Convention, which creates a significant trap for the unwary. Read about it here.
Egypt has again been identified by the U.S. State Department as a country that demonstrates a “Pattern of Noncompliance” as defined in the International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014. The State Department has reported, in its just-issued 2020 Annual Report on International ...
by Jeremy D. Morley* The Monasky Case In Monasky v. Taglieri, 140 S. Ct. 719 (2020) the U.S. Supreme Court redefined “habitual residence” in Hague Abduction Convention cases to align with the international jurisprudence. U.S practitioners must now become familiar with the Court's “totality-of-t...
by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com You are asked to prepare a prenuptial agreement between spouses of different nationalities, who have different prior countries of residency, assets in various international locations and future plans to relocate to one or more countrie...
by Stutee Nag* Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code deals makes cruelty to a married woman by her husband and in-laws a criminal offense. An offense under section 498A is non-bailable. Every year, numerous cases are filed in India under section 498A, by Indian wives against their non-resident I...
by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com International people who plan to marry should always consider entering into a prenuptial agreement drafted by experienced international family law counsel. While there are many benefits of prenuptial agreements for conventional marriag...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs of India recently approved the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019. If enacted, the bill will empower Indian passport authorities to impound or revoke Indian passports ...
By Jeremy D. Morley The Indian Supreme Court debated international child abduction last week in the context of a petition filed some years ago by a U.S. NGO demanding guideline to counter cross-border parental child abduction. Central to the debate, it appears, was my expert testimony about Ind...
Jeremy Morley [email protected] Israel's Population Registration Law requires Israeli citizens to inform the Population Registry at Israel's Ministry of the Interior of any change in their personal status. Israeli citizens outside Israel can do so through the Consular Department...
Jeremy D. Morley [email protected] The Florida Supreme Court has taken a pioneering step forward by creating a concentration of jurisdiction for the state of Florida trial courts to determine cases filed by left behind parents of children located in Florida who seek relief conce...
Jeremy D. Morley [email protected] One of the best ways to prevent international child abduction is to maintain careful control over the child's passports. On the other hand, it is often essential for left-behind parents to obtain new passports for children who have been abduct...
by Jeremy D. Morley [email protected] The best way to secure the return of a child who has been abducted to the United States may not be by using the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It is often preferable to seek registration and enforc...
by Jeremy D. Morley [email protected] International child abduction cases in Japan, brought pursuant to the Hague Abduction Convention, frequently require the involvement of Family Court Investigating Officers (FCIO). These are court officials who are government employees with t...
- Jeff Landers Contributor, Forbes The world is getting smaller and smaller. We live in a global society fueled by a global economy. International travel has never been easier. And now, thanks to the internet, we're all connected in new ways and with fewer barriers than ever before. These da...
by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com A court order rendered outside Brazil, that authorizes the relocation of a child to Brazil from the child's current place of residence subject to certain specified conditions concerning the ongoing custody and access rights of the non-reloca...
Change in China's Passport Regulations By Jeremy D. Morley We have long raised concerns that China does not recognize foreign child custody orders, is not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (except for Hong Kong and Macau), is not a party to an...
Prenuptial agreements are enforceable under Hungarian law, as are post-nuptial agreements. Section 4.63(1) of the Civil Code of Hungary provides that, “The function of the marriage contract is to permit the parties to the marriage or the spouses to define a property regime - in lieu of marit...
by Jeremy D. Morley www.international-divorce.com The structure of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction requires a court in any case brought under the Convention to follow a step-by-step process in order to apply it logically and correctly. Those steps ar...
