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Event Updates (2023 February): Join these International Family Law Events in February 2023

January 28, 2023

Monday, February 6th - 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET - Learning the Fundamentals for Your International Family Law Practice: Comparative Law and Jurisdiction - Registration click here Thursday, February 9th - 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET - Representing UN Employees In Their Family Law Disputes - … Read More about Event Updates (2023 February): Join these International Family Law Events in February 2023

Category iconagreement,  divorce,  foreign divorce,  Hague Service Convention,  international organization,  jurisdiction,  Overseas Service,  retirement,  service,  service of process,  subject matter jurisdiction,  United Nations,  voluntary agreement

Case Update (12 Jan 2023): Antonetti v. Westerhausen; Arizona defines “temporary absence” under definition of home state in UCCJEA

January 14, 2023

The Court of Appeals of Arizona denied Father's appeal where he argued that the trial court improperly assumed child custody jurisdiction under the UCCJEA over their dual Italian-U.S. son who was born in Tunisia in March 2018. In February 2020, the parties traveled to Italy for a vacation. … Read More about Case Update (12 Jan 2023): Antonetti v. Westerhausen; Arizona defines “temporary absence” under definition of home state in UCCJEA

Category iconhome state,  jurisdiction,  subject matter jurisdiction,  temporary absence,  UCCJEA

Case Update (30 Sept 2022): Garzon v. Hoffman; Motion for Enforcement to be filed in state court, not federal “Hague” court

October 5, 2022

The parents, in this case, reached a settlement agreement related to Mr. Garzon's request to have the parties' two minor children returned to Colombia under the Hague Abduction Convention. As part of their settlement, the parents filed a request in the Circuit Court for Washtenaw County, Michigan, … Read More about Case Update (30 Sept 2022): Garzon v. Hoffman; Motion for Enforcement to be filed in state court, not federal “Hague” court

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  Contempt Proceedings,  enforcement,  Hague Abduction Convention,  jurisdiction,  subject matter jurisdiction,  voluntary agreement

Case Update (2021): Colchester v. Lazaro, Contempt Filing, access under Hague Return Order

July 27, 2021

On February 26, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the W. District of Washington granted Mr. Colchester's request to have his child returned to Spain. When the court issued its return order, it included the following language, ordering Mr. Colchester to "facilitate daily electronic communications … Read More about Case Update (2021): Colchester v. Lazaro, Contempt Filing, access under Hague Return Order

Category iconaccess,  Contempt Proceedings,  Hague Abduction Convention,  jurisdiction,  personal jurisdiction,  return,  return order,  subject matter jurisdiction

Case Update (2021): Lorenz v. Lorenz; custody jurisdiction & Hague Abduction suit

June 24, 2021

The Lorenz family has been at the center of litigation in multiple court cases in the United States. In May 2021, they had two separate opinions issued in two separate cases. This is aside from the custody case pending in the German courts. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz married in 2000 and have two … Read More about Case Update (2021): Lorenz v. Lorenz; custody jurisdiction & Hague Abduction suit

Category iconabduction,  Child Abduction,  decline jurisdiction,  Hague Abduction Convention,  home state,  jurisdiction,  UCCJEA

Case Update (2021): Christensen v. Seckin; modification jurisdiction under UCCJEA

June 10, 2021

The minor child at issue was born in Turkey in 2013. In 2017, Mr. Christensen and Ms. Seckin reached an agreement resolving custody of their minor child. At the time, Mr. Christensen lived in Alaska, and Ms. Seckin and their child lived in Turkey. In an August 2017 Turkish order, Ms. Seckin was … Read More about Case Update (2021): Christensen v. Seckin; modification jurisdiction under UCCJEA

Category iconChild Custody,  continuing exclusive jurisdiction,  custody,  jurisdiction,  modification,  subject matter jurisdiction,  UCCJEA

Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of Wang and Jiaojiao Zhou; registration of a foreign custody order; home state’s order stayed

May 4, 2021

On April 9, 2021, the Court of Appeal for the Sixth District of California issued an opinion in the case of Jiaojiao Zhou and Sean Wang. Ms. Zhou and Mr. Wang are the parents to a daughter born in 2013 in China.  She lived primarily with her mother in China, and visited her father, who was working … Read More about Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of Wang and Jiaojiao Zhou; registration of a foreign custody order; home state’s order stayed

Category iconChild Custody,  home state,  jurisdiction,  registration,  Stay,  UCCJEA

Case Update (2021): In Re Marriage of Margain; UCCJEA and a foreign country’s declination of jurisdiction

April 27, 2021

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

Category icondecline jurisdiction,  Habitual Residence,  Hague Abduction Convention,  home state,  inconvenient forum,  jurisdiction,  UCCJEA

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

December 22, 2020

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): Noergaard v. Noergaard; Moot appeal of a Hague Abduction Return Order after child turns age 16

December 9, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 3, addressed, in an unpublished opinion, the 2nd appeal noted by Tammy Noergaard to the order returning her eldest daughter, Mia, to Denmark.  In quick summary, Tammy had 2 daughters with Christian Noergaard.  … Read More about Case Update (2020): Noergaard v. Noergaard; Moot appeal of a Hague Abduction Return Order after child turns age 16

Category iconage 16,  appeal,  Child Abduction,  Hague Abduction Convention,  jurisdiction,  return,  return order,  Stay

Case Update (2020): Karimah K and Bassim A; Home State under the UCCJEA

November 23, 2020

In February 2020, the Family Court in Kings County, New York addressed a custody jurisdiction issue between New York and Yemen in the case of Karimah K and Bassim A.  The parents were married in 2002 in a Muslim Religious ceremony in Yemen.  They remained in Yemen until 2005, at which time … Read More about Case Update (2020): Karimah K and Bassim A; Home State under the UCCJEA

Category iconhome state,  human rights,  jurisdiction,  UCCJEA

Case Update (2020): Adoption of Daphne; Jurisdiction for Petition of Adoption for a child born via surrogacy

October 8, 2020

In this post, I am returning to April 2, 2020, where a Massachusetts court, in the Adoption of Daphne, vacated a trial court's order dismissing a petition to adopt a minor child born in Massachusetts to a gestational surrogate.  The child was the product of in-vitro fertilization.  … Read More about Case Update (2020): Adoption of Daphne; Jurisdiction for Petition of Adoption for a child born via surrogacy

Category iconadoption,  jurisdiction,  subject matter jurisdiction,  surrogacy

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