Each January, the ABA International Law Section hosts its annual International Family Law Year-in-Review webinar, providing the past year's top updates from the United States and England. On January 18, 2022, Melissa Kucinski and James Netto took everyone on a journey of the most fascinating, and, … Read More about Annual Year in Review Webinar Recording
UK Update (2021): G v. G, interplay between asylum claim and return of a child under the Hague Abduction Convention
The UK Supreme Court heard oral argument in January 2021 in the case of G. v. G. The minor child's parents lived near one another in South Africa until February 2020. The minor child identified as lesbian, and the child's mother claims that she began experiencing persecution in South … Read More about UK Update (2021): G v. G, interplay between asylum claim and return of a child under the Hague Abduction Convention
Case Update (2020): Choupak v. Koroleva; Divorce, Comity, Catchall Language in a Separation Agreement
Mr. Choupak filed a suit for conversion and unjust enrichment against his ex-Wife in their former state of residence, New York. On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of New York dismissed his claims. (Choupak v. Koroleva, 2020 NY Slip Op 31443(U) (NY Sup Ct 2020))Mr. Choupak and … Read More about Case Update (2020): Choupak v. Koroleva; Divorce, Comity, Catchall Language in a Separation Agreement
UK Update: Family Courts and Child Abduction in the Time of Corona (GUEST BLOGGER)
From Guest Blogger, James Netto of Dawson Cornwell in LondonAbduction in times of coronaMuch to the ire of certain abducting parents, it is still business (almost) as usual for the High Court of Justice in London. Although the UK is on lockdown preventing people from leaving home bar in very … Read More about UK Update: Family Courts and Child Abduction in the Time of Corona (GUEST BLOGGER)