Deficient New York Legislation – Same-Sex Marriage
“It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.” – Theodore Roosevelt Sometimes new laws are made for the best of reasons, and yet they end up being flawed. Often legislation is passed in a...Determining Where to File for Divorce in the 21st Century World of Mobile Families
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring In the world of mobile families, complex international marriages and overburdened courts, would a New York court accept a divorce case, filed by the husband, an Irish resident,...Is Anyone Thinking About the Children?
And the king said: ‘Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.’ Then spoke the woman whose living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: ‘Oh, my lord, give her the living...Who Gets Custody?
“In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice” – Charles Dickens. One of the most difficult decisions a judge has to make in a divorce case where...Thoughts on The Hague Convention
In my last blog, we talked about the U.S. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) and its application on an international level. The Hague Act can further complicate an already complex situation. To read the actual text of the Hague Convention...Listen to your children!
"Split" documents what children say about their parents' divorce.
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