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HCCH Update: Conclusions & Recommendations from First Special Commission meeting for Hague Child Support Convention

May 25, 2022

The Hague Conference on Private International Law held a meeting of the Special Commission to discuss the practical operation of the Hague Child Support Convention from May 17-19, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands (with a hybrid option). You can review the materials discussed at the meeting … Read More about HCCH Update: Conclusions & Recommendations from First Special Commission meeting for Hague Child Support Convention

Category iconchild support,  foreign child support order,  Hague Maintenance Convention,  international maintenance,  Maintenance Convention

HCCH Update: Hague Child Support Convention Special Commission Meeting

March 10, 2022

The Hague Conference on Private International Law will host the first meeting of the Special Commission on the Hague Child Support Convention from May 17-19, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Special Commission meetings are specific to a particular treaty, and are a time for States and certain … Read More about HCCH Update: Hague Child Support Convention Special Commission Meeting

Category iconchild support,  Hague Maintenance Convention,  Special Commission

HCCH Update (4 March 2022): Council Meeting concludes; Voluntary Agreements Project

March 5, 2022

On Friday, March 4, 2022, the Hague Conference's Council on General Affairs, the governing body of the organization, concluded its annual meeting. Council reviewed a long standing project at its meeting, and the end product is now publicly available on the Hague Conference's website. The … Read More about HCCH Update (4 March 2022): Council Meeting concludes; Voluntary Agreements Project

Category iconabduction,  agreement,  Child Abduction,  child support,  Hague Abduction Convention

Case Update (2021): FY v. JL; jurisdiction to modify a foreign child support order

April 22, 2021

In the unpublished opinion of FY v. JL, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division denied a Mother's attempt to modify the parties' Chinese child support order.  The parties, parents to a minor child born in China in 2006, entered into a Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) in … Read More about Case Update (2021): FY v. JL; jurisdiction to modify a foreign child support order

Category iconchild support,  continuing exclusive jurisdiction,  foreign child support order,  modification,  UIFSA

HCCH Update (2021): Experts Group Meeting; International Transfer of Maintenance Funds

April 22, 2021

The Hague Conference on Private International Law engages in a lot of post-Convention work that benefits countries interested in or party to its treaties.  Part of its post-Convention work involves meetings of Experts Groups.  One such Experts Group on International Transfers of … Read More about HCCH Update (2021): Experts Group Meeting; International Transfer of Maintenance Funds

Category iconchecks,  child support,  currency,  Hague Maintenance Convention,  international maintenance,  Maintenance Convention

Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order under UIFSA; difference between custody jurisdiction and child support jurisdiction

April 22, 2021

In a rare appellate opinion that addresses international child support, the Court of Appeals of Arkansas reversed its trial court and concluded that Arkansas did have jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order.  Natalie Tompkins and the parties' child resided in Germany, which … Read More about Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order under UIFSA; difference between custody jurisdiction and child support jurisdiction

Category iconchild support,  Hague Maintenance Convention,  jurisdiction,  personal jurisdiction,  UIFSA

Case Update (2020): Hedges v. Hedges; Registration, recognition and enforcement of foreign Polish child support order for adult disabled children; minimum due process

April 22, 2021

On December 1, 2020, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division II, affirmed a Superior Court order that had the effect of refusing to recognize a Polish child support order.David and Eva Hedges are parents to two children.  The Hedges divorced in Arizona, where they resolved … Read More about Case Update (2020): Hedges v. Hedges; Registration, recognition and enforcement of foreign Polish child support order for adult disabled children; minimum due process

Category iconadult disabled child,  child support,  comity,  enforcement,  public policy,  Recognition,  registration

Case Update (2020): Gyger v. Clement; Foreign child support order, affidavits in U.S. court by a person outside of USA, requirement of notarization

April 22, 2021

The Supreme Court of North Carolina addressed yet another case this year that dealt with the registration of a foreign family court order.  In the case of Gyger v. Clement, they dealt with a Swiss child support order.  The parents were never married, but had 2 children born in Geneva, … Read More about Case Update (2020): Gyger v. Clement; Foreign child support order, affidavits in U.S. court by a person outside of USA, requirement of notarization

Category iconaffidavit,  child support,  Hague Maintenance Convention,  notarization,  notary,  registration

Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; Distinction between Child Support Jurisdiction and Custody Jurisdiction

April 22, 2021

In Tompkins v. Tompkins, (2020 Ark. App. 122 (Ark. App. 2020), the Arkansas Court of Appeals, Division IV, made certain that the parties understood the distinction between custody jurisdiction under the UCCJEA and child support jurisdiction under UIFSA.  The minor child had been residing in … Read More about Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; Distinction between Child Support Jurisdiction and Custody Jurisdiction

Category iconchild support,  Maintenance Convention,  personal jurisdiction,  UIFSA

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