A Romanian woman living in York has failed in her attempt to overturn registration of a court order from Romania granting care of her child to his father.
GB v RNB concerned a couple from the eastern European country who married in 2007.
The High Court has given a woman permission to return to Russia with her child.
The case of S v T concerned an English father and Russian mother. They had a child, now one year old, in the UK. When the relationship ended, the child remained with the mother while the father had regular contact.
A US citizen living in London has failed in her bid to obtain a temporary injunction to prevent her estranged husband from pursuing divorce proceedings in the US.
In the case of T v T the couple, both US citizens, had married in an unspecified state before
A US father has been reunited with his children after a five year legal struggle.
Sandra Hyland, the former wife of Christian Gallo, took the couple’s three children to Argentina with her in 2008 and never returned.. Her former husband had been awarded full
Over the weekend, my eye was caught by the latest development in a big money, multinational divorce case that could have major implications. Businessman David Thursfield has been sentenced to two years in prison in his absence for attempting to hide
A jewellery company based in Shenzen, China, has introduced a policy of firing employees who get divorced, are unfaithful or maintain mistresses.
The policy is reported to have been devised in response to an increasing number of divorces
Hundreds of Indonesians gathered to call for the resignation of a district chief after he divorced his teenage wife of four days by text message.
Aceng Fikri, 40 year old
British pilot Jean Cattin has won an Appeal Court ruling that his divorce from Brazilian wife Silvana should be heard in a British court.
At the original hearing in the High Court Family Division, Mrs Justice Parker had refused to
UN body the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women expressed concern about the divorce system in Jamaica during a recent meeting with policymakers from the island in New York.
The committee said it was worried by:
A former Brooklyn doctor who abandoned his wife and children nearly seven years ago has been arrested in Virginia.
Fifty-one year old Raiham Chowdhury was handcuffed as his plane landed at Washington Dulles International Airport
A Mexican mother’s application for the return of her child under the Hague Convention on Child Abduction has been dismissed in a recent Family division hearing at the High Court.
The case, referred to as Hunt v Hunt, concerned an English father and a Mexican mother.
In a recently published divorce case, the Hon Mr Justice Coleridge following the Supreme Court judgement in Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13)
ruled that an overseas divorce case was a needs case only under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.
Moving abroad is always a big step, whether for work, a new relationship, or just a little more sunshine. Expatriates have contend with legal systems and cultures that may be very different to those in the UK, colouring their experience of such fundamentals as buying a house,
In recent decades more and more British people have set off in search of the good life abroad, many settling in nearby continental countries in search of a more relaxed way of life or somewhere pleasant to retire.
There is a lot of media interest in divorce and family law developments at the moment, and I had my fair share this weekend. It is very enjoyable to be asked to comment on all these topics, not least over this particular bank holiday.
To divorce in England, an applicant must establish jurisdiction. One way to do this is via a form of residence in this country. In this post I detail two other potential avenues for overseas clients.
Malta is the only EU country not to allow divorce – but for how much longer? Malta recently made the headlines after its citizens voted in a referendum to introduce divorce to the staunchly Catholic island.
Frank Arndt, the head of our International Family Law Department, was recently interviewed by a CNBC journalist about spouses who go “forum shopping” for divorce. The piece touched on some interesting cases, and certainly caught the attention …
Browse expat forums, and you will discover that there are many “stuck parents”. It is sad to read that so many people now feel that they are “trapped” in a country where they do not wish to live.
Last week a visitor to the blog read my post about Payne v Payne (Leave to remove a child: what about the parents left behind?) and contacted me with her story. This reader married an overseas national and moved to another country. After her …
This post focuses upon pension sharing, couples with overseas links, three recent Court of Appeal judgements and Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. It has been written for the law students who read this blog. I hope, …
Isn’t summer supposed to be a quiet time? Frank Arndt, who heads Stowe Family Law’s international family law department, seems to be busier than ever – and not just because his team has recently been instructed in some very interesting …
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