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.

Monday, December 31, 2007

Hague Abduction: New 6th Circuit Case on Grave Risk of Harm

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has issued a highly significant ruling on the grave risk of harm defense to a Hague Conven...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

England Inching Towards Prenuptial Enforcement

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The English courts yesterday took a further step towards eventual enforcement of prenuptial agreements. In Crossley v. Crossley , the sp...
Sunday, December 16, 2007

Canadian Court - Jewish Divorce

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The Supreme Court of Canada made a rare foray into the religious forum yesterday, coming to the aid of a 48-year-old Jewish woman whose estr...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Barbados Divorce Law

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The Barbados Family Law Council is reportedly in favor of amending the Barbados Family Law Act, which governs divorce and related issues in ...

Child Abduction to Mexico Ends Happily

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Our heartiest congratulations to our British client whose tiny baby was abducted by the Mexican father from Texas to Mexico . http://famil...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

German divorce, Syrian marriage

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An interesting German international family law case concerning a Syrian marriage has been summarized by Jurgen Basedow and Simon Schwarz: ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support

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Delegates from sixty-eight States and the European Community have finalized the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support an...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

When Is a Saudi Woman Considered an Adult?

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Maha Akeel, Arab News. Nov 2, 2007 It is surprising and frustrating to see that women in Saudi Arabia, despite all their achievements, c...

New Jersey Hague Convention Case

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She's only 7, a schoolgirl from Elizabeth , but Arianna Adan soon may change state, national and even international law. Legal briefs...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

Top Ten Tips for Expats

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… From an International Family Lawyer by Jeremy D. Morley Here are some of my “international family lawyer’s best tips” ...
Monday, November 05, 2007

Fundraiser for Film on Japanese Child Abduction

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Two film-makers, David Hearn and Matt Antell, are working on a film project to draw attention to the scandal of parental child abductions to...
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...
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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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