I recently joined Australian attorney Keturah Sageman and Lauren Battersby to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on international family law cases in the U.S. You can listen to the discussion here.
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 wh...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our tenth post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is United Arab Emirates. Country Summary: Th...
The United States has now accepted Pakistan's accession to the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention. The Convention will enter into force between the two countries on October 1, 2020. It is not clear whether the decision to accept the accession is a result of a dispassionate review of the Pakistani...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our ninth post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Romania. Country Summary: The Convention has ...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our eighth post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Peru. Country Summary: The Convention ha...
The U.S. State Department has recently released their annual report on International Child Abduction. Below is our seventh post in a series here focusing on the ten countries classified as “demonstrating patterns of noncompliance.” Today's country is Jordan. Country Summary: Jordan does not...
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...
