I will no doubt be using this case, In Re Marriage of Margain, as an exam question for my law students. Mother and Father married in Mexico in 2007, and had their child in California in 2008. In 2010, and for at least a year and a half, the Mother and child moved to and lived in Mexico. The … Read More about Case Update (2021): In Re Marriage of Margain; UCCJEA and a foreign country’s declination of jurisdiction
Case Update (2021): Koivu v. Koivu; inconvenient forum under UCCJEA
In the unreported opinion of Koivu v. Koivu, the Minnesota Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether Minnesota should decline jurisdiction over the Koivu children's custody because it was an inconvenient forum as compared to Finland. The couple lived in Minnesota for the better part of … Read More about Case Update (2021): Koivu v. Koivu; inconvenient forum under UCCJEA
Case Update (2020): Stone v. Suzuki; Hague Abduction return petition to be filed where children are located post-abduction; UCCJEA and home state declining to exercise jurisdiction
Mr. Jack Stone is back in court, this time in a state court in Florida, seeking the return of his minor children from Japan. Mr. Stone was previously before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a U.S. passport for his child, without the child's mother's consent, … Read More about Case Update (2020): Stone v. Suzuki; Hague Abduction return petition to be filed where children are located post-abduction; UCCJEA and home state declining to exercise jurisdiction