On July 22, 2021, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's dismissal of Upadhyay's divorce complaint in the Michigan family courts. On June 10, 2019, Dwivedi filed a petition for divorce in India, where the parties had married. Upadhyay left India and returned to … Read More about Case Update (2021): Upadhyay v. Dwivedi; simultaneous divorce actions
Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of Pitcairn; inconvenient forum, divorce petition dismissed
On June 30, 2021, the Court of Appeals of Iowa affirmed the trial court's dismissal of Ms. Pitcairn's petition for marriage dissolution on the basis of forum non conveniens. Ms. Pitcairn and Mr. Renaud married in France in 2005, lived most of their marriage in France, Mr. Renaud is French and Ms. … Read More about Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of Pitcairn; inconvenient forum, divorce petition dismissed
Case Update (2020): Vicario v. Blanch; Simultaneous divorce proceedings, comity
On August 19, 2020, the Third District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida, in Vicario v. Blanch, reversed the trial court's order staying a dissolution proceeding in lieu of a dissolution proceeding in Spain. The parties have a complicated timeline of court filings in both … Read More about Case Update (2020): Vicario v. Blanch; Simultaneous divorce proceedings, comity
Case Update (2020): Ileiwat v. Labadi; Foreign Divorce Decree Comity, Subject Matter Jurisdiction for property division and support
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania consolidated two appeals in the case of Ileiwat v. Labadi (2020 PA Super 132 (2020)) and, on June 3, 2020, rejected the Husband’s argument that the Pennsylvania court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to order the division of the parties’ property or award … Read More about Case Update (2020): Ileiwat v. Labadi; Foreign Divorce Decree Comity, Subject Matter Jurisdiction for property division and support