Cross-Border Migration, Family Law & Mediation
Join Melissa and Carolina Martin Ramos to discuss various real world fact patterns and how cross-border families are addressing immigration and child abduction issues as they present for the California Lawyers for the Arts.
Go to the Event PageInternational Relocation of Children
Join Melissa as she presents for the Paralegal Association of Northern Virginia at its monthly luncheon on the legal issues in international child relocation cases.
Go to the Event PageRepresenting Children in International Cases: Tips and Tricks from the US and UK
Join Melissa and James Netto as they discuss the ins and outs of representing children in their parents high-conflict international custody, relocation, and child abduction cases.
Go to the Event Page44th Annual Symposium – Vision: A Family Law Case Study (AAML – NorCal Chapter)
Melissa will be co-presenting on child abduction issues, including abduction prevention.
Go to the Event PageRemote Mediation
Melissa will co-present on a panel from the Montgomery County, Maryland Bar Association that will discuss the use of remote mediation.
Go to the Event PageFrom Washington to Warsaw: International Child Abduction During a Pandemic
Melissa will co-present for the first-ever District of Columbia Judicial and Bar Conference on the impact of the pandemic on international parental child abduction cases.
Go to the Event PageThe Hague Child Abduction Convention
Melissa will give a presentation to the Family Law Section of the Montgomery County Bar on the Hague Child Abduction Convention.
Go to the Event PageFamily Law Quarterly Symposium: Family Law During COVID-19
Melissa will join a panel to discuss COVID's impact on the family courts in the U.S. in domestic and international cases.
Go to the Event PageAmerican Bar Association’s Annual International Family Law Year-in-Review
Join Melissa Kucinski and James Netto for an hour-and-a-half webinar on February 10, 2021 at 11 a.m. ET where they will take you through all of the year's biggest developments in international family law in the United States and Europe.
Go to the Event PageMK Family Law’s Annual Year-in-Review Webinar
Melissa provides this annual update on international family law each January.
Go to the Event PageDissecting Monasky v. Taglieri: the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for habitual residence
Melissa moderated an expert panel that discussed the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Monasky v. Taglieri and its impact on Hague Child Abduction cases going forward.
Go to the Event PageInternational Family Law & the Collaborative Case (Collaborative Professionals of Richmond)
Melissa presented to a collaborative practice group about the international issues they needed to know to better work with cross-border families, including the use of a neutral international family law professional.
Go to the Event PageHow to Move Your Mediation Practice Online (ABA – Family Law Section)
Melissa provided a hands-on presentation on how she uses technology to facilitate her mediation of family law cases.
Go to the Event PageCOVID and Comparative Family Law (Inter-American Bar Association)
Melissa co-presented with colleagues from Brazil and Argentina about the impact of a global health crisis on family law cases, particularly those with a cross-border element.
Go to the Event PageWhat You Need to Know about International Child Relocation (NYSBA)
Melissa discussed the ins and outs of international child relocation cases, including practical tips, case preparation, and legal complexities that lawyers rarely consider.
Go to the Event PageWhat You Need to Know about International Child Abduction (Va Trial Lawyers Assoc)
Melissa provided a practical approach for lawyers who are faced with international cases where one parent may abduct his or her child overseas.
Go to the Event PageInternational Family Law Year in Review (NYSBA)
Melissa provided an update on the top international family law cases and laws for 2019.
Go to the Event Page