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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 Dec 2022): Chung v. Chih-Mei; alternative service permitted on Defendant in Taiwan

December 17, 2022

Plaintiff, Elizabeth Chung, is suing her mother-in-law, Chung Peng Chih-Mei, a resident of Taiwan, and Intertrust Limited, a Bahamas Corporation, claiming that her estranged husband, David Chung, had put assets into his mother's name to avoid tax liability and to block Elizabeth from asserting her … Read More about Case Update (12 Dec 2022): Chung v. Chih-Mei; alternative service permitted on Defendant in Taiwan

Category iconAlternative Service,  Overseas Service,  service,  service of process,  Substituted Service

Case Update (19 July 2022): Doe v. Hyassat; alternative service permitted in Austria via email

October 25, 2022

Ms. Doe, an alleged victim, brought a suit against a career diplomat/Jordanian national, who currently resides in Austria, but had been previously employed by the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the UN in New York. She alleges battery, assault, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of … Read More about Case Update (19 July 2022): Doe v. Hyassat; alternative service permitted in Austria via email

Category iconHague Service Convention,  Overseas Service,  service,  service of process,  Substituted Service

Case Update (24 Nov 2021): Joseph II v. Luisa JJ; home state; service overseas

December 14, 2021

The parties, Joseph and Luisa, are the parents to one child, born in 2013. They resided primarily in NY during their marriage, but also spent extended time at their second home in Italy. In July 2019, they entered a separation and settlement agreement providing for joint legal and shared physical … Read More about Case Update (24 Nov 2021): Joseph II v. Luisa JJ; home state; service overseas

Category iconHague Service Convention,  home state,  Overseas Service,  personal jurisdiction,  service,  service of process,  subject matter jurisdiction,  Substituted Service,  UCCJEA

Case Update (2021): Koons v. Crane; substituted service, usual place of abode, personal jurisdiction for purposes of contempt

May 6, 2021

One of the key issues on appeal, in the case of Koons v. Crane, was whether the Husband, Mr. Koons, was properly served with an Order to Show Cause for his alleged failure to abide by certain obligations in the parties' divorce decree.   In July 2017, Mr. Koons had notified his ex-Wife, Ms. Crane, … Read More about Case Update (2021): Koons v. Crane; substituted service, usual place of abode, personal jurisdiction for purposes of contempt

Category iconContempt Proceedings,  Overseas Service,  service of process,  Substituted Service

Case Update (2020): Kim v. Cha: Service of Process in South Korea using the Hague Service Convention; certificate of non-service; actual notice

January 6, 2021

Ms. Cha (South Korean) married Mr. Kim (American) and had a child in 2014.  In April 2016, Ms. Cha left their home in Guam with the child for South Korea.  Mr. Kim filed for divorce in Guam 3 months later, and in September 2016, Ms. Cha filed for divorce in South Korea. Mr. Kim also filed … Read More about Case Update (2020): Kim v. Cha: Service of Process in South Korea using the Hague Service Convention; certificate of non-service; actual notice

Category iconactual notice,  Article 15,  certificate,  Hague Service Convention,  non-service,  service,  service of process

Case Update (2020): Jayagaran v. Jayagaran; improper service of process, no due process, refuse to recognize foreign divorce decree as a matter of comity

December 30, 2020

In the case of Glory and Sunita Jayagaran, the Washington Court of Appeals refused to recognize an Indian divorce decree because the Husband did not properly serve his Wife, thereby denying her due process.  The couple lived approximately 18 years, having 3 children, in Washington State.  … Read More about Case Update (2020): Jayagaran v. Jayagaran; improper service of process, no due process, refuse to recognize foreign divorce decree as a matter of comity

Category iconcomity,  due process,  notice,  Recognition,  service of process

Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020

December 16, 2020

2020 was not for the faint of heart, with a global pandemic and a U.S. Supreme Court opinion on the Hague Abduction Convention authored by the late Justice Ginsburg.  Here are the TOP TEN most clicked blog posts from MK Family Law's Family Law Across Borders BLOG.  No. 10  … Read More about Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020

Category iconChild Abduction,  comity,  covid-19,  criminal kidnapping,  divorce,  foreign divorce,  fraud,  Hague Abduction Convention,  Hong Kong,  ICAPRA,  India,  international family law,  kidnapping,  service of process

HCCH Update: Service of process in a new era of technology

November 27, 2020

The Hague Conference on Private International Law hosted a successful conference in December 2019 that focused on employing information technology in international service of process cases.  The conference was the motivation for a new publication, now available on the Hague Conference's … Read More about HCCH Update: Service of process in a new era of technology

Category iconHague Conference,  Hague Service Convention,  HCCH,  information technology,  service of process,  technology

Case Update (2020): Sweet-Martinez v. Martinez; Request for alternative service using FedEx to a Defendant located in a treaty partner under the Hague Service Convention

November 17, 2020

The Supreme Court of New York, Warren County, in Sweet-Martinez v. Martinez, (2020 NY Slip Op 20195) authorized alternative service by Federal Express to a Defendant for an uncontested divorce proceeding (without children).  The Defendant had previously been removed and returned to … Read More about Case Update (2020): Sweet-Martinez v. Martinez; Request for alternative service using FedEx to a Defendant located in a treaty partner under the Hague Service Convention

Category iconCentral Authority,  Hague Service Convention,  postal channels,  postal mail,  service,  service of process

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