International Family Law

Jeremy D. Morley concentrates on International Family Law. The 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", the leading treatise on international family law in the U.S., and "The Hague Abduction Convention", published by the American Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and a former law professor.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

"Ireland's Divorce Courts a Shambles"

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Ireland's divorce courts are overloaded and need a complete overhaul to make breaking up fairer and less of a bank-breaking ordeal, ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

India Marriage Registration Call

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The Times of India has endorsed a demand by the Supreme Court of India that all marriages in India be registered. In an editorial the new...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Korea’s New Family Registration Law

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Th e South Korean Supreme Court has issued details of its implementation of the new family registration law, which will take effec...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Mahr – Islamic Marriage Contract – Held to be Not Enforceable

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An Ohio court has reportedly ruled that a promise made as part of a mahr – a dowry gift given by the groom to his bride upon an Islamic ma...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Czech procedure for Hague Convention international child abduction cases

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International child abduction cases in the Czech Republic will be assigned to ten specially-selected judges at the Brno District and Brno ...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Germany's Pattern of Noncompliance with Hague Child Abduction Convention

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In an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in May 2006, this author vehemently protested what he asserted was Germany...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Urgency required in child abduction cases

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T he English courts -- unlike the courts in many countries, including in many situations the United States -- insist that child abduction ca...
Thursday, July 26, 2007

Prenuptial Agreement Upheld in Singapore

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The Singapore High Court has enforced a prenuptial agreement entered into in the Netherlands between a Swedish wife and a Dutch husband. TQ...
Monday, July 16, 2007

Pre-Nuptial Agreements: New York Tolls the Statute of Limitations

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The New York legislature has passed a law that clears up what had been an enormous problem concerning the enforcement of prenuptial agreeme...
Friday, June 29, 2007

International Child Visitation

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How can one parent stop the other parent from taking a child to visit a dangerous country? How can a parent make sure that a child will be ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

New Jersey Child Relocation to Japan

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The Supreme Court of New Jersey has unanimously upheld a decision allowing a Japanese mother to relocate with her six-year old child from th...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

South Africa and the Hague Convention

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South Africa ’s Court of Appeal has blasted the failure of the courts below to order the prompt return of a child, now aged five, who was wr...
Friday, June 01, 2007

London Program: “International Family Law for the Globetrotting Executive”

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The American Bar Association’s Section of International Law will hold its “Fall Meeting” at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, ...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

English Court Wants Enforceable Pre-Nuptial Agreements

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The English Court of Appeal has dismissed the husband’s widely-publicized appeal in a so-called 'big money case' of an award to his ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Registration of Children Born after Divorce Begins in Japan

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A new registration system under which municipalities accept babies born within 300 days after a divorce as the child of the mother ' s n...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Ireland - Financial Settlements in Divorce Cases Can be Re-negotiated at any Time

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A MOTHER of five has won an extra €2 million in a shock divorce ruling that could force ex-partners to pay their former spouses additional m...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Hague Abduction Convention: No Appeal from Denial of Summary Judgment Motion

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The First Circuit has ruled that the denial of a petitioner’s motion for summary judgment in a proceeding for an order directing the return ...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Venezuela “Noncompliant” with Hague Child Abduction Convention

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The U.S. Department of State, in its 2006 Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abducti...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Child relocation to Japan

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Custody dispute crossing borders : Mom wants to take daughter to Okinawa Newark Star-Ledger, May 01, 2007 The state Supreme Court...
Sunday, April 29, 2007

Pakistan Law and Violence Against Women

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The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) of Pakistan ruled on March 31, 2007 that a woman who is raped should not be considered guilty of adul...
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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 New York , with a global network of local counsel. Mr. Morley is the author of "International Family Law Practice," the leading treatise on international family law in the United States. He is also the author of “The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers.” He is the former co-chair of the International Family Law Committee of the International Law Section of the ABA. He is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. He was born in Manchester, England and has taught in law schools in the United States, Canada and England. Mr. Morley frequently lectures on international family law topics to the judiciary, bar associations and others. Mr. Morley is frequently asked to appear as an expert witness on international child abduction prevention and recovery issues. Mr. Morley has been a frequent guest on television and radio shows on the topic of international child abduction and international divorce law and has been featured in the print media on numerous occasions.
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