Friday, June 27, 2008

International Child Visitation to Colombia

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We represented the mother in successfully defeating the Hague International Child Abduction Convention portion of this case in North Caroli...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Australian Child Relocation & Abduction Problems

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There seems to be a rash of child abductions out of Australia -- although perhaps this is simply because many Australian cases are co...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Canada: Divorced Couples Must Share Marital Debt

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Just as divorced couples sometimes share future assets, they also should have to share future debts tied to the marriage, the Supreme Court...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

English Law Commission Looking At Prenuptial Agreements

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From Times Online June 11, 2008 Pre-nuptial agreements between couples planning to marry could become legally binding under a review of ...
Monday, May 19, 2008

Israeli Divorce Based on 'Get' Not Recognized in New York

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A state judge has declined to recognize an Israeli divorce judgment that was based on a "get," or decree of divorce, issued by a B...
Friday, May 09, 2008

Japan to Sign Hague Child Abduction Convention

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Yes!!!! 05/10/2008 BY MIAKO ICHIKAWA THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan will sign a treaty obliging the government to return to the rightful parent c...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Preventing International Child Abduction: Texas Case

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When should a court take steps to prevent possible international child abduction by a foreign national parent? This issue is critical to...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Australia Child Custody & Relocation Problems

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Australian child custody law presumes that it is in the best interests of the child for each of the child’s parents to have equal shared par...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Korean Adultery Law

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Adultery is a crime in Korea punishable by up to two years in jail. Now Ok So-Ri, a famous Korean actress who has been indicted for adult...
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...