The Bronx Family Court issued an unreported custody disposition on August 6, 2021 related to three minor children who were residing with their mother in a confidential domestic violence shelter in New York. The children's father was accused of significant domestic violence, including having left … Read More about Case Update (2021): AG v. AH; international child abduction prevention issues
Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of BK & LS; international relocation
In an unpublished opinion on April 16, 2021, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a Superior Court order permitting a mother to relocate her two minor children to Hungary. The order had a variety of "measures" in it that were intended to ensure the California order's enforcement. The … Read More about Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of BK & LS; international relocation
Case Update (2020): Matrai v. Hiramoto; Younger abstention, suit against family court judge for abduction prevention measures, access rights under Hague Abduction Convention
A father, Gyorgy Matrai, sued his California family court judge in the U.S. District Court for the ND California for ordering a bond of $5 million before Mr. Matrai could see his son. Mr. Matrai argues that the bond violates his, and his son's, substantive due process rights under the 14th … Read More about Case Update (2020): Matrai v. Hiramoto; Younger abstention, suit against family court judge for abduction prevention measures, access rights under Hague Abduction Convention
Case Update (2020): Nahar v. Salgia; Reopening prior custody agreement to impose a mutual ne exeat travel ban; abduction prevention issues
A recent New Jersey family court opinion, Nahar v. Salgia, mirrors the debate that occurs between international parents in custody litigation in the United States all the time. The father accused the mother of being a risk of abducting their two children to India, and he sought a writ of ne … Read More about Case Update (2020): Nahar v. Salgia; Reopening prior custody agreement to impose a mutual ne exeat travel ban; abduction prevention issues
Case Update (2020): LO v. NO; Issuing a U.S. passport to a minor child, abduction prevention issues
The case of LO v. NO, No. CAAP-19-0000762, gives me the opportunity to provide some reminders to everyone about child abduction prevention. The actual underlying issue in this case was the Father’s appeal of the trial court’s post-decree order granting the Mother’s request for a U.S. passport … Read More about Case Update (2020): LO v. NO; Issuing a U.S. passport to a minor child, abduction prevention issues