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.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

International parental child abduction from the U.S. to India

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March 28, 2008, News-India Times By Jeremy D. Morley There has been a rash of cases concerning parents who remove a child from...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Offshore Trusts and Divorce

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The chief justice of the Cayman Islands , Mr Justice Smellie, has launched a staunch defence of trusts and has railed against what he descri...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

India - Good News in an International Child Abduction Case

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For more than three years, Deepa Topiwalla fell asleep every night wondering where her young son was. She doesn't have to wonder any...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Japan Won't Let Abducted Kids Go

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This article from ABC News is based in part on an interview with me. Notwithstanding the information in the article, there are some things t...
Monday, February 18, 2008

NCMEC Not Handling Incoming Child Abduction Cases

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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has announced that as of April 1, 2008 it will no longer handle any aspect of incom...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Saudi Family Law Must Be Revised: U.N.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia must create laws to protect women from violence and also allow them to play a bigger role in society and t...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Islamic Divorces Not Recognized in France

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The French courts now generally refuse to recognize Islamic divorce decrees. So reports the conflictoflaws.net blog. The typical cases b...
Monday, February 11, 2008

Slovakia Hague Abduction Injustice

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In what is believed to be the first Hague case in Slovakia concerning an abduction to that country from the United States (a case in which I...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Automatic Restraining Order and Nonresident Child

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In many states a standard restraining order automatically issues whenever a custody petition is filed. The orders typically prohibit a paren...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Cyprus: Foreign parents with joint custody may face prosecution if they leave

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A PARENT who decides to leave Cyprus with his or her children without first seeking the approval of their other half could soon be subjec...
Sunday, February 03, 2008

Hague Abduction Convention: The Defense of Grave Risk of Harm Is Not Working

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The case of Van de Sande v. Van de Sande , which was remanded by the Seventh Circuit to the district court in Illinois in 2005 (431 F.3d 56...
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...
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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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