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  • Abduction 453
  • Adoption 4
  • Bankruptcy 1
  • Child Support 12
  • Custody 95
  • Divorce 83
  • Family Formation 9
  • Hague Conference 1
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  • Abduction 453
    • Apr 20, 2020 Case Update (25 Feb 2020): Monasky v. Taglieri; Habitual Residence under the 1980 Convention
    • Apr 20, 2020 HCCH Update: Article 13(b) Guide is now available
    • Apr 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Joya v. Gonzalez; Fees in 1980 Convention Cases
    • Apr 23, 2020 Case Update (2020): In re Marriage of Inoue; International Relocation of a Minor Child
    • Apr 24, 2020 UK Update: Family Courts and Child Abduction in the Time of Corona (GUEST BLOGGER)
    • Apr 27, 2020 Case Update (2020): Lopez v. Bamaca; "Actually Exercising" custody rights in the 1980 Convention
    • Apr 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Cook v. Arimitsu; Recognition of Foreign Court's Hague Abduction Order
    • May 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): Raia v. Pompeo; Minor Child's Passport Issuance and its interplay with the 1980 Convention and COVID-19
    • May 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): Gallegos v. Garcia Soto; 1980 Convention, Grave Risk, Return Stayed due to COVID-19
    • May 3, 2020 HCCH Update: COVID-19 Toolkit
    • May 6, 2020 DOS Update: New ICAPRA Report Out
    • May 7, 2020 Case Update (2020): Moreno v. Zank; Pinpointing the date of a wrongful retention - Moreno v. Zank
    • May 13, 2020 Case Update (2020): Saada v. Golan; Undertakings to Ameliorate a Grave Risk and the 1980 Convention
    • May 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Barron v. Kendall; 1980 Convention, Federal vs. State Court, Abstention Doctrine
    • Jun 5, 2020 Case Update (2020): Guerra v. Rodas; 1980 Hague Abduction Convention, Consent & Grave Risk not found; Return Stayed because of COVID-19
    • Jun 8, 2020 Japan Update: Tokyo High Court addresses habitual residence under the 1980 Convention
    • Jun 17, 2020 Case Update (2020): Joya v. Gonzalez; Attorney Fees and Costs in 1980 Convention Cases
    • Jun 29, 2020 Case Update (2020): Cordoba v. Mullins; 1980 Hague Abduction Convention, Abstention Doctrine
    • Jul 2, 2020 Case Update (2020): OG v. AB; Abduction Prevention, Restrictions on Passport Renewal, Ne Exeat
    • Jul 3, 2020 HCCH Update: COVID-19 Toolkit for the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention
    • Jul 3, 2020 Treaty Update: US accepts Pakistan's accession to the 1980 Child Abduction Convention
    • Jul 6, 2020 Case Update (2020): Sacchi v. Dervishi; Hague Child Abduction Convention, Consent to Relocate, COVID-19 Return to EU
    • Jul 9, 2020 Case Update (2020): Nissim v. Kirsh; Hague Abduction Convention, ICARA, fee-shifting, legal fees
    • Jul 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Berenguela-Alvarado v. Castanos-I; Hague Abduction Convention, burden of proof, consent exception
    • Jul 30, 2020 Case Update (2020): Grano v. Martin; Hague Abduction Convention, Habitual Residence, Grave Risk & Undertakings
    • Aug 4, 2020 Case Update (2020): Bejarno v. Jimenez; Hague Abduction Convention, "now settled"
    • Aug 11, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pawananun v. Pettit; Hague Abduction Convention, issue preclusion & comity from a prior custody case
    • Aug 18, 2020 Case Update (2020): LO v. NO; Issuing a U.S. passport to a minor child, abduction prevention issues
    • Aug 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Colon v. Mejia Montufar; Mature Child Objection and the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention
    • Aug 27, 2020 Case Update (2020): Castro v. Hernandez Renteria; Date of Wrongful Removal, One Year and Now Settled under the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Aug 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Zaoral v. Meza; Hague Abduction Convention, one year and now settled
    • Sep 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): Chambers v. Russell; Hague Abduction Convention, Habitual Residence and the Monasky test
    • Sep 8, 2020 Case Update (2020): Farr v. Kendrick; application of habitual residence using the Monasky standard
    • Sep 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): Olarinde v. Korede; UCCJEA home state, temporary absence due to child abduction
    • Sep 17, 2020 Case Update (2020): Trott v. Trott; Hague Abduction Convention, comity to a Hague order from foreign jurisdiction
    • Sep 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Radu v. Shon; Hague Abduction Convention and the Grave Risk of Harm
    • Sep 24, 2020 Case Update (2020): Da Silva v. De Aredes; Hague Abduction Convention, Return Orders cannot resolve custody
    • Sep 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Smith v. Smith; Application of Monasky "Totality of the Circumstances" Habitual Residence Test
    • Sep 29, 2020 Case Update (2020): Forcelli v. Smith; Hague Abduction, Habitual Residence
    • Oct 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): Valles Rubio v. Veintimilla Castro; Grave Risk in Hague Abduction Case, and ameliorative measures
    • Oct 6, 2020 Case Update (2020): Brann v. Guimaraes; Civil Suit for Fraud, Slander, etc., after Criminal Conviction for aiding and abetting a criminal kidnapping
    • Oct 15, 2020 Case Update (2020): Biagioli Da Silva v. Vieira; Hague Abduction Convention - Right of Custody
    • Oct 19, 2020 Case Update (2020): Schwartz v. Hinnendael; Hague Abduction Convention, application of Monasky for young children, grave risk of harm, simultaneous custody proceeding
    • Oct 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Rizvi v. MD DSS; Hague Convention suit must be brought where the child sits
    • Oct 25, 2020 HCCH Update: Happy 40th to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention
    • Oct 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Wan v. DeBolt; Hague Abduction Convention's application between Hong Kong and the United States after July 2020 Executive Order
    • Nov 2, 2020 Case Update (2020): Jacquety v. Baptisa; Hague Abduction Petitions and suing third parties
    • Nov 6, 2020 Case Update (2020): Re: JCC v. LC; Hague Abduction return, high burden for proving a grave risk, no testimony by mature child
    • Nov 9, 2020 Case Update (2020): Saada v. Golan; ameliorative measures, grave risk of harm under the Hague Abduction Convention, guarantees of performance
    • Nov 30, 2020 Case Update (2020): Nahar v. Salgia; Reopening prior custody agreement to impose a mutual ne exeat travel ban; abduction prevention issues
    • Dec 3, 2020 Case Update (2020): Babcock v. Babcock; Provisional remedies under ICARA, no notice for temporary restraining order
    • Dec 7, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pope v. Lunday; habitual residence of infants; place of birth vs. parents' intent; no evidentiary hearing required
    • Dec 9, 2020 Case Update (2020): Noergaard v. Noergaard; Moot appeal of a Hague Abduction Return Order after child turns age 16
    • Dec 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): De Carvalho v. Carvalho Pereira; Return of a child to a habitual residence where that child has never lived
    • Dec 15, 2020 Case Update (2020): US v. Houtar, international parental kidnapping, whether IPKCA is void for vagueness as applied to a parent who did not "abduct" his children
    • Dec 16, 2020 Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020
    • Dec 18, 2020 Case Update (2020): Monasky v. Taglieri; Washington Foreign Law Society program on Habitual Residence
    • Dec 23, 2020 Case Update (2020): In re MVU; Hague Abduction Convention and Article 13(b) grave risk due to domestic violence towards the taking parent
    • Dec 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): MARG v. Texas Dept. F&PS; Third-Party custody, notice of Hague Abduction return request, inability to conduct home study in foreign country
    • Jan 4, 2021 Case Update (2020): Matrai v. Hiramoto; Younger abstention, suit against family court judge for abduction prevention measures, access rights under Hague Abduction Convention
    • Jan 5, 2021 Webinar Update: The International Family Law Year-in-Review
    • Jan 7, 2021 Case Update (2020): Rodriguez v. Fernandez; Hague Abduction Case, Date of Removal vs. Retention for Assessment of Habitual Residence
    • Jan 11, 2021 Case Update (2020): Colchester v. Lazaro; Petitioning Parent needs to establish his or her prima facie case to have his/her child returned using the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Jan 13, 2021 Case Update (2020): Pawananun v. Pettit; child abuse should be serious and well-documented to be considered as a grave risk of harm
    • Jan 19, 2021 Case Update (2021): Alfonso VH v. Christina AZ; Hague Abduction Return Petition, Now Settled Exception
    • Jan 21, 2021 Case Update (2021): Avendano v. Balza; Hague Abduction Convention, mature child objection and undue influence
    • Jan 26, 2021 HCCH Update: Annual Council Meeting
    • Jan 28, 2021 UK Update (2021): G v. G; The Hague Abduction Convention and its impact on a request for asylum - the UK experience
    • Feb 5, 2021 Case Update: ABA Year-in-Review Update
    • Feb 16, 2021 Case Update (2020): Romero v. Bahamonde; Hague Abduction; mature child, burden to prove exceptions on Respondent
    • Feb 18, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lukic v. Elezovic; summary judgment granted and child returned under Hague Abduction Convention
    • Feb 23, 2021 Case Update (2021): Dubikovskyy v. Goun; Hague Abduction Convention; mature child's objection
    • Feb 25, 2021 Case Update (2021): Minkiewitz v. Becker; habitual residence, no clear error
    • Mar 5, 2021 Case Update (2021): Saada v. Golan; Mr. Saada's Response to Ms. Golan's Petition for Writ of Cert to the U.S. Supreme Court
    • Mar 11, 2021 Case Update (2021): Colchester v. Lazaro, ordering enforcement measures to ensure implementation of a return order
    • Mar 16, 2021 Case Update (2021): Bejarno v. Jimenez; immigration status is not dispositive in a now settled analysis
    • Mar 18, 2021 Case Update (2021): in re matter of ICJ; not actually exercising rights of custody
    • Mar 22, 2021 UK Update (2021): G v. G, interplay between asylum claim and return of a child under the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Mar 23, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lukic v. Elezovic, motion for stay denied
    • Mar 31, 2021 Case Update (2021): Thompson v. Russia, European Court of Human Rights, Hague Abduction Convention, Article 13(b) and Article 8 Right to Family Life
    • Apr 6, 2021 Case Update (2021): Golan v. Saada; U.S. Supreme Court request brief from Solicitor General
    • Apr 8, 2021 Case Update (2021): de Jesus Joya Rubio v. Alvarez; mature child objection with a psychologist's report
    • Apr 12, 2021 Case Update (2021): Pozniak v. Shwartsman; grave risk of harm and the need for a proper forensic expert
    • Apr 15, 2021 Case Update (2021): Aluker v. Yan; right of custody pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement, Article 3 "legal effect"
    • Apr 22, 2021 Case Update (2021): Bordelais v. Bordelais; Hague Abduction Convention ceases to apply when child turns 16
    • Apr 27, 2021 Case Update (2021): In Re Marriage of Margain; UCCJEA and a foreign country's declination of jurisdiction
    • Apr 29, 2021 Case Update (2021): Sanchez v. Sanchez, grave risk of harm, domestic violence, corporal punishment, and trauma
    • May 3, 2021 DOS Update (2021): 2021 Annual Compliance Report
    • May 11, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of BK & LS; international relocation
    • May 13, 2021 Case Update (2021): Valenzuela v. Cruz; grave risk; right of custody
    • May 20, 2021 Case Update (2021): Dawson v. Dylla; Hague access request
    • May 25, 2021 Case Update (2021): Emilie DLM v. Carlos C; Hague Abduction; Grave Risk and Ameliorative Measures
    • May 27, 2021 Case Update (2021): Wan v. DeBolt; Hague Abduction Convention; Hong Kong's Political Climate does not make out Article 13(b) or Article 20 exception
    • Jun 1, 2021 Case Update (2021): Rishmawy v. Vergara; habitual residence
    • Jun 3, 2021 Case Update (2021): Jacquety v. Baptista; Grave Risk related to Child's PTSD
    • Jun 8, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lukic v. Elezovic; No fees to the Prevailing Petitioner
    • Jun 14, 2021 Treaty Update (2021): U.S. accepts accession of Seychelles to 1980 Child Abduction Convention
    • Jun 17, 2021 Case Update (2021): Romero v. Bahamonde; mature child's objection and testimony
    • Jun 24, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lorenz v. Lorenz; custody jurisdiction & Hague Abduction suit
    • Jun 29, 2021 Case Update (2021): Nowlan v. Nowlan, interplay of multiple proceedings in 2 countries
  • Adoption 4
    • Nov 18, 2024 Case Update (31 Oct 2024): In Matter of Estate of R.S.; 30-year-old Russian adoption decree recognized in NJ
    • Feb 3, 2025 Case Update (29 Jan 2025): Matter of Lily; foreign adoption was recognized under DRL even without a copy of the child’s visa
    • Mar 2, 2025 Case Update (27 Feb 2025): Xia v. Scott; BIA failed to make findings as to child’s connections to USA at time of adoption that go to his habitual residence under Adoption Convention
    • Sep 14, 2026 Case Update (25 Aug 2026): Quarcoo v. Edlow; consular nonreviewability doesn’t apply before a consular officer has even reviewed the application
  • Bankruptcy 1
    • Jul 28, 2024 Case Update (16 July 2024): Green v. Leibowitz; retirement account organized under Canadian law not a tax-qualified retirement plan under IRC, and therefore not exempt
  • Child Support 12
    • Mar 6, 2024 Case Update (4 March 2024): Alameda Dept Child Support v. TO; China is not a “foreign country” for purposes of enforcing its child support order
    • May 6, 2024 Case Update (3 May 2024): Stone v. Henneke; Court has discretion to conduct currency conversions in a child support order in a manner it deems equitable
    • Nov 15, 2024 Case Update (13 Nov 2024): Bravo v. Johnson; Mother must seek modification of Australian child support order in Australia
    • Feb 10, 2025 Case Update (7 Feb 2025): In Matter of Penichet and Corroon; Defendant Father had insufficient personal connections to Mexico to warrant enforcement of Mexican child support order
    • Feb 21, 2025 Case Update (19 Feb 2025): Cavalcanti Lyra v. King; petitioner has burden to establish parentage as a matter of law
    • May 29, 2025 Case Update (27 May 2025): Kiya v. Jackson; Japan is a foreign country under UIFSA for registering foreign support order
    • Aug 14, 2025 Case Update (12 Aug 2025): Capone v. Fotak; Court must Determine the Classification of Other Country to determine how to apply UIFSA to Child Support Order enforcement
    • Mar 24, 2026 Case Update (5 March 2026): Chu v. Nanna; Uniform Acts and Foreign Judgment Registration
    • May 18, 2026 Case Update (24 April 2026): KC v. MJP; New Hampshire child support ruling entitled to FFC in New York
    • Jun 27, 2026 Case Update (24 June 2026): Alvarez v. Rubiera; What is a Foreign Country under UIFSA?
    • Aug 19, 2026 Case Update (18 Aug 2026): Mugisha v. McLeod; substituted opinion changes course on finding personal jurisdiction over Father for child support
    • Sep 26, 2026 Case Update (24 Sept 2026): Cooley v. Cooley; Pennsylvania enforces Ontario child support order under the Hague Child Support Convention, rejecting the father's public policy defense
  • Custody 95
    • Apr 23, 2020 Case Update (2020): In re Marriage of Inoue; International Relocation of a Minor Child
    • Apr 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Cook v. Arimitsu; Recognition of Foreign Court's Hague Abduction Order
    • May 25, 2020 Case Update (2020): Hamdan v. Freitekh; UCCJEA, Registration of Foreign Custody Order, Requirement of a Certified Copy
    • Jun 2, 2020 Case Update (2020): Alobaid v. Khan; Domestic Violence, Personal Jurisdiction, Contacts between foreign national and U.S. state
    • Jul 23, 2020 Case Update (2020): McDowell v. Buchman; UCCJEA, child custody jurisdiction, simultaneous proceedings, registration of foreign custody order
    • Jul 27, 2020 Case Update (2020): L.A. Cnty Dep't of Children & Family v. MH; UCCJEA, Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction, Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction
    • Sep 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): Olarinde v. Korede; UCCJEA home state, temporary absence due to child abduction
    • Oct 19, 2020 Case Update (2020): Schwartz v. Hinnendael; Hague Abduction Convention, application of Monasky for young children, grave risk of harm, simultaneous custody proceeding
    • Oct 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Thamilselvan v. Thamilselvan; Foreign Injunction to proceed with US divorce and the issue of Comity
    • Nov 23, 2020 Case Update (2020): Karimah K and Bassim A; Home State under the UCCJEA
    • Dec 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): JS v. RSS; modification of custody order, continuing exclusive jurisdiction under the UCCJEA, relocation of child overseas
    • Dec 14, 2020 Case Update (2020): Begum v. Palanisamy; the difficulty of mirroring a U.S. custody order overseas and the conflict of continuing exclusive jurisdiction under the UCCJEA
    • Dec 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): MARG v. Texas Dept. F&PS; Third-Party custody, notice of Hague Abduction return request, inability to conduct home study in foreign country
    • Jan 4, 2021 Case Update (2020): Matrai v. Hiramoto; Younger abstention, suit against family court judge for abduction prevention measures, access rights under Hague Abduction Convention
    • Jan 5, 2021 Webinar Update: The International Family Law Year-in-Review
    • Jan 15, 2021 Case Update (2020): Cortez v. Cortez; UCCJEA, connections sufficient to maintain continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a custody order
    • Jan 26, 2021 HCCH Update: Annual Council Meeting
    • Feb 5, 2021 Case Update: ABA Year-in-Review Update
    • Mar 25, 2021 Case Update (2021): FY v. JL; jurisdiction to modify a foreign child support order
    • Mar 30, 2021 Case Update (2021): Koivu v. Koivu; inconvenient forum under UCCJEA
    • Apr 1, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Saida A; temporary absence from home state under the UCCJEA, temporary emergency jurisdiction, human rights
    • Apr 6, 2021 Case Update (2021): Greenbank v. Vanzant, loss of continuing exclusive jurisdiction, interplay with grandparent visitation
    • Apr 27, 2021 Case Update (2021): In Re Marriage of Margain; UCCJEA and a foreign country's declination of jurisdiction
    • May 4, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of Wang and Jiaojiao Zhou; registration of a foreign custody order; home state's order stayed
    • May 11, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of BK & LS; international relocation
    • May 18, 2021 Case Update (2021): AlHaidari v. AlHaidari, UCCJEA and human rights
    • May 20, 2021 Case Update (2021): Dawson v. Dylla; Hague access request
    • Jun 10, 2021 Case Update (2021): Christensen v. Seckin; modification jurisdiction under UCCJEA
    • Jun 15, 2021 Case Update (2021): Pokrovskaya v. Van Genderen; UCCJEA inconvenient forum
    • Jun 24, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lorenz v. Lorenz; custody jurisdiction & Hague Abduction suit
    • Jul 6, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re. J.T., CINA, due process for overseas parent in termination of rights case
    • Jul 27, 2021 Case Update (2021): Colchester v. Lazaro, Contempt Filing, access under Hague Return Order
    • Aug 24, 2021 Case Update (2021): Tucker v. Covarrubias Campos; registration of ex parte foreign child custody order under UCCJEA
    • Oct 5, 2021 HCCH Update (2021): 25th Anniversary of the Hague Child Protection Convention
    • Nov 16, 2021 Case Update (2021 Oct 27): Steven W v. Meeli W; civil protection order suit in attempt to seek return of retained child
    • Dec 7, 2021 Case Update (10 Nov 2021): Dawson v. Dylla; Hague Abduction access; Younger abstention
    • Dec 9, 2021 Case Update (12 Nov 2021): In the Interest of SL; interplay of Hague Abduction non-return order, UCAPA, and the UCCJEA
    • Dec 14, 2021 Case Update (24 Nov 2021): Joseph II v. Luisa JJ; home state; service overseas
    • Dec 23, 2021 Case Update (7 Dec 2021): Aslund v. Oslund; registration of foreign custody order under UCCJEA
    • Jan 18, 2022 Case Update (28 Dec 2021): Cortez v. Cortez; UCCJEA and loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
    • Jan 27, 2022 Case Update (13 Jan 2022): Senay Akin v. Nedim Suljevic; returning a wrongfully retained child - Hague Abduction and UCCJEA paths
    • Feb 15, 2022 Case Update (28 January 2022): In re. BV; UCCJEA jurisdiction when there is no home state
    • Mar 15, 2022 Case Update (18 Jan 2022): NY ex rel. BE; Writ of Habeas Corpus; Habitual Residence
    • Mar 17, 2022 Case Update (18 Feb 2022): U.S. v. Patel; federal parental kidnapping and the need for clearly written custody orders
    • Jun 2, 2022 Case Update (19 May 2022): VK v. KK; temporary absence and UCCJEA custody jurisdiction
    • Jun 9, 2022 Case Update (24 May 2022): Makin v. Davis; Registration of UK custody order in Georgia
    • Jun 16, 2022 Case Update (1 June 2022): Olajide v. Mockler; Motion for preliminary injunction denied; Nigerian father seeks UCCJEA be declared unconstitutional
    • Jun 23, 2022 Case Update (7 June 2022): Molina v. Pineda, Registration of Salvadoran custody order in U.S.
    • Jun 27, 2022 Case Update (7 June 2022): Dixon v. Smith; continuing exclusive jurisdiction declined for a more appropriate forum
    • Jul 12, 2022 Case Update (29 June 2022): In re. Marriage of Randoy; 1 year in Canada was a temporary absence from California based on parents' intent
    • Oct 25, 2022 Case Update (13 Oct 2022): In the Interest of AJT; subject matter jurisdiction over custody cannot be conferred by agreement, actions, or waiver
    • Nov 1, 2022 Case Update (18 Oct 2022): Gray v. Gray; burden of proof is on parent seeking to relocate the child
    • Dec 8, 2022 Case Update (29 Nov 2022): U.S. v. Patel; criminal kidnapping jury conviction vacated
    • Dec 29, 2022 Case Update (5 Dec 2022): Olaide O. v. Oluseun O.; NY court assumes vacuum jurisdiction over child who has resided in Nigeria his whole life
    • Jan 26, 2023 Case Update (12 Jan 2023): Antonetti v. Westerhausen; Arizona defines "temporary absence" under definition of home state in UCCJEA
    • Mar 2, 2023 Canada Update: Relocation permitted from Alberta to Florida (Guest Blogger: Max Blitt, KC)
    • Mar 27, 2023 Case Update (1 Mar 2023): Beauchamps v. Beauchamps; Maryland appellate court affirms dismissing custody case for parties to litigate in Germany
    • May 22, 2023 Case Update (9 May 2023): Castang v. King; habitual residence is a country, not a parent; returning child in a parent's "custody" is not a custody determination
    • Aug 1, 2023 Case Update (21 July 2023): Lee v. Hollings; remand for trial court to assess the child's best interests before deciding whether to permit Father to seek a U.S. passport for child
    • Aug 8, 2023 Case Update (3 Aug 2023): Kinfoussia v. Hamade; a domestic violence restraining order included custody provisions under the UCCJEA's temporary emergency jurisdiction, but that did not give the court modification jurisdiction
    • Nov 15, 2023 Case Update (14 Nov 2023): In re Alhaidari; Washington State use of UCCJEA “escape clause” upheld in regards to Saudi Arabia
    • Feb 2, 2024 Case Update (31 Jan 2024): Kemp v. Centeno; a child’s temporary absence from their home state is based on a totality of the circumstances in Nevada
    • Feb 9, 2024 Case Update (7 February 2024): Gregory v. Gregory; Belarus was the child’s home state, and Indiana was correct to decline jurisdiction in custody suit
    • Feb 19, 2024 Case Update (16 February 2024): Yiting Wu v. Chun-Hsien Wu; Mother’s ongoing retention of child in Taiwan did not create situation that made Taiwan a more convenient forum for resolving custody
    • Feb 20, 2024 Case Update (15 February 2024): CDVD v. BKT; trial judge did not abuse discretion in denying Mother’s request to relocate child to Portugal
    • Apr 22, 2024 Case Update (19 April 2024): Morgan v. Morgan; Father’s “contempt” of existing custody order was grounds to modify custody to place child in Mother’s custody in Philippines
    • Jul 28, 2024 Case Update (26 July 2024): Baez v. Solano; Mexico has continuing exclusive jurisdiction, therefore SC cannot modify the Mexican custody order
    • Aug 8, 2024 Case Update (7 Aug 2024): Meador v. Lu; Parties cannot consent to Subject Matter Jurisdiction; if an order was entered when there was a lack of SMJ, it must be vacated
    • Sep 24, 2024 Case Update (23 Sept 2024): SP v. ARB; custody case conflates with request to return child (presumably under Abduction Convention) and results in a final custody order
    • Oct 2, 2024 Case Update (30 Sept 2024): Lee v. Capalungan; Access to a Parent in Another Country and Division of the Costs of Travel to that Other Country
    • Oct 30, 2024 Case Update (28 Oct 2024): Sabakar v. Stacy; Parents’ Custody Agreement is Subject to a Court’s Parens Patriae Power and a Best Interest Analysis
    • Nov 11, 2024 Case Update (31 Oct 2024): In re. Marriage of Sims; parents with a foreign custody order may seek enforcement under the UCCJEA, in lieu of an Abduction Convention return
    • Dec 13, 2024 Case Update (12 Dec 2024): In re Marriage Werdy; The UCCJEA permits a court to decline to exercise jurisdiction in lieu of a more convenient forum
    • Dec 22, 2024 Case Update (19 Dec 2024): In re. Parental Responsibilities Concerning ML; Child had significant connections to CO that were more significant than the child’s connections to Austria
    • Jan 18, 2025 Case Update (17 Jan 2025): Moreau v. White; engaging in child custody litigation in Texas was not consent to the children remaining in Texas
    • Mar 7, 2025 Case Update (5 March 2025): In re Jenkins; parent should file in child’s home state, or demonstrate the home state declines jurisdiction to proceed elsewhere under UCCJEA
    • Mar 31, 2025 Case Update (20 March 2025): CT v. Superior Court; custody jurisdiction is determined at the time the proceeding was commenced/filed
    • Apr 9, 2025 HCCH Update (4 April 2025): 15 Years of the Washington Declaration on International Family Relocation
    • Apr 14, 2025 Case Update (11 April 2025): Gard-Holm v. Holm; Indiana court had no jurisdiction because the child’s home state was Germany when the custody proceeding was commenced
    • Apr 24, 2025 Case Update (23 April 2025): Niemeyer v. Niemeyer; no abuse of discretion in denying an ASI that would have enjoined Mother from proceeding with Turkish custody case
    • Aug 28, 2025 Case Update (21 Aug 2025): HH v. JH; Trial Court used wrong legal standard to examine Mother’s request for international relocation
    • Sep 28, 2025 Case Update (12 Sept 2025): OMalley v. Isquierdo; Pennsylvania retains Custody Jurisdiction, and relies on Brazilian Hague Abduction ruling to do so
    • Oct 16, 2025 Case Update (14 Oct 2025): Winchester v. Winchester; trial court clearly erred in registering English custody order and ordering child returned under Abduction Convention
    • Jan 15, 2026 Case Update (12 Jan 2026): In re Marriage of Chelbi; Parent’s Appeal Dismissed for Failure to Return Child to Texas
    • Mar 6, 2026 Case Update (5 March 2026): Gill v. Gill; Nevada has jurisdiction over a child’s custody based on the child’s temporary absence
    • Mar 24, 2026 Case Update (18 March 2026): In re Uzcategui; mandamus granted to issue writ of habeas corpus to repatriate child pursuant to Venezuelan custody order
    • Apr 26, 2026 Case Update (21 April 2026): In re RAA; Child’s Home State on Date of Filing was Netherlands, not Montana
    • May 5, 2026 Case Update (27 March 2026): NA v. AU; jurisdiction to modify foreign child custody order
    • May 5, 2026 Case Update (30 April 2026): In re Ortega; temporary emergency jurisdiction involves a high standard
    • May 30, 2026 Case Update (26 May 2026): In re. ANB & AMB; subject matter jurisdiction over parentage and custody case on appeal
    • Jun 2, 2026 Case Update (29 May 2026): Mugisha v. McLeod; UCCJEA & UIFSA Jurisdiction when Father resides in Uganda, which is the Children’s “Home State”
    • Jun 3, 2026 Case Update (1 June 2026): Gouda v. Little; Examining whether a foreign court retains jurisdiction to modify its own order
    • Jul 22, 2026 Case Update (17 July 2026): In re Parentage of SI; Registration of Foreign Custody Order, Forum Non Conveniens
    • Oct 27, 2026 Case Update (23 Oct 2026): Fallon v. Fallon; Massachusetts affirms “default” custody jurisdiction under its UCCJA where the Mother took the child to South Korea three days before the Father filed
    • Oct 30, 2026 Case Update (28 Oct 2026): Olatunji v. Animashaun; New York enforces a Nigerian custody order and refuses to count time after a wrongful removal toward home state status
  • Divorce 83
    • Apr 29, 2020 Case Update (2020): Nouri v. Dadgar; Religious Marriage Contracts - Enforceability of Mahr
    • Apr 29, 2020 India Update: Implications of the Lockdown on Family Cases in India (GUEST BLOGGER)
    • May 5, 2020 Case Update (2020): Kwon v. Park; Divorce, Simultaneous Proceedings, and Forum-Shopping
    • May 11, 2020 Case Update (2020): Federbush v. Shah; Simultaneous Divorce Actions, Forum Non Conveniens
    • May 15, 2020 Case Update (2020): Russello v. Russello; Simultaneous Actions, Separation vs. Divorce, and Recognition as a matter of Comity
    • May 29, 2020 Case Update (2020): Choupak v. Koroleva; Divorce, Comity, Catchall Language in a Separation Agreement
    • Jun 11, 2020 Case Update (2020): Ileiwat v. Labadi; Foreign Divorce Decree Comity, Subject Matter Jurisdiction for property division and support
    • Jul 13, 2020 Case Update (2020): Derbez v. Derbez; Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decree, Notice of Foreign Order, Court Deadlines
    • Jul 16, 2020 Case Update (2020): Claflin v. Claflin; Comity, Foreign Marriage, Void Marriage
    • Sep 3, 2020 Case Update (2020): Vicario v. Blanch; Simultaneous divorce proceedings, comity
    • Oct 13, 2020 Case Update (2020): Mbatha v. Cutting; Choice of Law for the division of marital property
    • Oct 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Thamilselvan v. Thamilselvan; Foreign Injunction to proceed with US divorce and the issue of Comity
    • Oct 27, 2020 Case Update (2020): Melki v. Melki; Subject Matter Jurisdiction over a Divorce, Domicile, Foreign Marriage - U.S. divorce
    • Nov 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): Jaffal v. Thompson; recognition of a foreign unilateral divorce for purposes of a U.S. citizenship application
    • Nov 12, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pachal v. Bugreeff; I-864, support of an immigrant, interplay with alimony and divorce suit
    • Nov 25, 2020 Case Update (2020): In re Akhmedova; 28 USC 1782 and gathering evidence in the U.S. in support of a foreign divorce proceeding
    • Dec 16, 2020 Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020
    • Jan 5, 2021 Webinar Update: The International Family Law Year-in-Review
    • Feb 5, 2021 Case Update: ABA Year-in-Review Update
    • Feb 11, 2021 Case Update (2021): Chaudry v. Chaudry; Islamic marriage contract and burden to prove terms before enforcing
    • Mar 4, 2021 Case Update (2021): Iqtaifan v. Hagerty; writ of mandamus, recognition of foreign divorce decree
    • Apr 1, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Saida A; temporary absence from home state under the UCCJEA, temporary emergency jurisdiction, human rights
    • Apr 18, 2021 Case Update (2021): Adjei v. Mayorkas; recognition of a foreign divorce decree
    • Jun 22, 2021 Case Update (2021): Grossman v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; recognition of foreign divorce
    • Jul 8, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of Pitcairn; inconvenient forum, divorce petition dismissed
    • Aug 5, 2021 Case Update (2021): Upadhyay v. Dwivedi; simultaneous divorce actions
    • Sep 16, 2021 Case Update (2021): Khan v. Hasan; validity of mahr in nikah agreement
    • Sep 22, 2021 Events Update: Upcoming International Family Law Events
    • Nov 23, 2021 Case Update (5 Nov 2021): Oleiwi v. Shlahi; enforceability of mahr
    • Jan 6, 2022 Case Update (28 Dec 2021): Sargsyan v. Martirosyan; comity as to Canadian order, application of Canadian law
    • Feb 3, 2022 Case Update (19 Jan 2022): Jaffal v. Dir Newark NJ Field Office; derivative U.S. citizenship; parent's "legal separation in a foreign country"
    • Mar 29, 2022 Case Update (17 Feb 2022): Nikolenko v. Nikolenko; decline to enforce foreign divorce decree because of no due process; weighing abduction risk factors
    • Apr 7, 2022 Case Update (16 March 2022): Parbeen v. Bari; Islamic marriage contract terms; interpretation of secular terms
    • May 26, 2022 Case Update (11 May 2022): Moquin v. Bergeron; application of choice of law clause in foreign prenuptial agreement
    • Jun 30, 2022 Case Update (8 June 2022): Elali v. Marchoud; bigamous marriage voided in California
    • Jul 19, 2022 Case Update (11 July 2022): In re Marriage of Rietschin; Domicile of 1 spouse necessary for divorce
    • Sep 26, 2022 Case Update (9 Sept 2022): Macfadyen v. DHS; Nigerian divorce documents insufficient to demonstrate Nigerian divorce occurred
    • Nov 10, 2022 Case Update (4 Nov 2022): DAB v. MAS; Egyptian divorce decree not entitled to comity in NY
    • Dec 15, 2022 Case Update (2 Dec 2022): Bleich v. Bleich; subject matter jurisdiction over divorce requires meeting domicile requirement; recognition of foreign divorce is a matter of comity
    • Jan 3, 2023 Case Update (31 Oct 2022): Jindrich v. Weihele; German treatment of U.S. military retirement benefits in German divorce
    • Jan 12, 2023 Case Update (30 Dec 2022): Kaur v. Sandhu; failure to abide by registration requirement did not void marriage under Indian law
    • Jan 30, 2023 Event Updates (2023 February): Join these International Family Law Events in February 2023
    • Feb 23, 2023 Case Update (7 Feb 2023): Adjei v. Mayorkas; Ghanaian divorce based on citizenship should be recognized as valid in Virginia, even though domicile was lacking
    • Feb 27, 2023 Event Updates (2023 March): Join these International Family Law Events in March 2023
    • Mar 7, 2023 Case Update (9 Feb 2023): Taiwo v. Taiwo; simultaneous divorce proceedings and motions to dismiss
    • Apr 12, 2023 Case Update (30 Jan 2023): Mullaji v. Mollagee; in determining whether to recognize a foreign marriage, a court looks to the law of the place it is contracted
    • Apr 18, 2023 Case Update (5 April 2023): SC v. RN; Parent's abduction of child to India was a factor in the court's division of marital assets
    • May 4, 2023 Case Update (3 April 2023): Rzeczkowski v. Borrero; Colombian notary is different than a U.S. notary, and two prenuptial "agreements" signed in Colombia are subject to recognition as a matter of comity if they do not violate public policy
    • May 25, 2023 Case Update (22 May 2023): Mahdavi v. Mahdavi; caution when settling a civil divorce suit when there may be a companion religious divorce needed
    • Sep 22, 2023 Case Update (31 August 2023): Azhar v. Choudhri; Pakistani divorce, upheld by its appellate courts, entitled to recognition in Texas; Wife was precluded from seeking a division of assets in Texas
    • Nov 20, 2023 Case Update (15 Nov 2023): In re Marriage of VS and VK; Lex Loci Contractus; California appellate court affirms invalidity of Indian marriage under Hindu Marriage Act
    • Dec 31, 2023 Case Update (5 Dec 2023): Salkhi v. Behroyan; anti-suit injunction was appropriate to prevent litigant from pursuing foreign divorce
    • Jan 7, 2024 Case Update (4 Jan 2024): Teixeira v. Teixeira; divorce dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds
    • May 13, 2024 Case Update (6 May 2024): Korshunova v. Pershyn; practical recognition of a divorce issued by Russian authorities in Crimea
    • Jun 30, 2024 Case Update (27 June 2024): De Suarez D’Aulan v. De Suarez D’Aulan & McCann; Ex-Wife’s case to enforce an English divorce order in Delaware to sell a Delaware corporation dismissed
    • Jul 1, 2024 Case Update (18 June 2024): In re. Marriage of Quijada and Dominguez; a spouse’s current nonimmigrant visa does not preclude the spouse from having the requisite domiciliary intent to pursue a divorce
    • Jul 10, 2024 Case Update (9 July 2024): Butler v. Katani; Japanese administrative divorce not recognized as a matter of comity; in rem jurisdiction existed in Washington
    • Jul 26, 2024 Case Update (23 July 2024): In re Marriage of Sabir; Texas court declines to recognize Pakistani divorce decree
    • Sep 29, 2024 Case Update (17 Sept 2024): Levy-Gedacht v. Gedacht; Israeli judgment entitled to recognition as a matter of comity, or, in the alternative, practical recognition
    • Oct 20, 2024 Case Update (14 Oct 2024): In re Marriage Helena Koivu; Finnish Choice of Law Provision in antenuptial valid
    • Dec 11, 2024 Case Update (5 Dec 2024): Barboza v. Jiron; NY action for conversion stayed pending Costa Rican divorce court’s determination of jurisdiction over funds
    • Jan 23, 2025 Case Update (7 Jan 2025): Korshunova v. Pershyn; Connecticut Superior Court recognizes Crimean Divorce and denies request to annul 2nd marriage
    • May 10, 2025 Case Update (29 April 2025): DSS v. CB; foreign divorce judgment recognized as a matter of comity to then enter order in NY to divide NY-based retirement
    • Jun 29, 2025 Case Update (24 June 2025): Wagner v. Chislett; laches bars Plaintiff from contesting “mail order” divorce from DR
    • Aug 11, 2025 Case Update (4 Aug 2025): In re. Marriage Kehoe; Property Regime designation for Italian marriage did not have meeting of minds to be a contract impacting future division of property
    • Sep 22, 2025 Case Update (19 Sept 2025): Mulaomerovic v. Mulaomerovic; Bosnian divorce proceeding did not preclude an Indiana divorce proceeding
    • Sep 28, 2025 Case Update (16 Sept 2025): Habibzai v. Jafarova; Azerbaijan divorce entitled to Practical Recognition
    • Oct 29, 2025 Case Update (23 Oct 2025): Greenboom v. Ran; Parties can voluntarily waive spousal maintenance and choose a forum to litigate it in a prenup
    • Nov 6, 2025 Case Update (3 Nov 2025): Ende v. Reynolds; Case Remanded for Findings on South African Proceedings
    • Dec 28, 2025 Case Update (18 Dec 2025): Tello v. Ahuatl; Mexican Proxy Divorce not Entitled to Comity in Connecticut
    • Jan 19, 2026 Case Update (9 Dec 2025): In the Matter of Iankov; Recognition of Bulgarian Divorce to Divest former spouse of interest in estate
    • Jan 23, 2026 Case Update (6 Jan 2026): KLD v. SBPH; Sri Lankan divorce decree, entered without notice or due process, is not entitled to recognition as a matter of comity
    • Feb 4, 2026 Case Update (2 Feb 2026): Khadria v. Shaik; more proceedings required before dismissing NJ divorce suit in lieu of Indian divorce suit
    • Apr 6, 2026 Case Update (2 April 2026): Ramgoolam v. Gupta; Ex-Spouse precluded from raising claim under Affidavit of Support
    • Apr 11, 2026 Case Update (9 Apr 2026): In re. Marriage San Emeterio and Gonzalez; Mexican divorce decree recognized, therefore Texas has no jurisdiction
    • Jun 24, 2026 Case Update (22 June 2026): Adewale v. Adewale; validity of Nigerian sequential marriages
    • Jun 27, 2026 Case Update (25 June 2026): Barboza v. Jiron; Costa Rican Judgment and Issue Preclusion in New York
    • Aug 10, 2026 Case Update (6 Aug 2026): Ali v. Osman; recognition of foreign divorce requires due process and no violation of public policy
    • Sep 9, 2026 Case Update (31 Aug 2026): Zaragoza v. Fuentes; deferring to foreign divorce proceedings as a matter of comity
    • Sep 24, 2026 Case Update (8 Sept 2026): A.C. v. M.F.; NY recognizes English divorce but defers recognition of English financial order pending proceedings in London
    • Sep 29, 2026 Case Update (25 Sept 2026): Azhar v. Choudhri; Texas Supreme Court denies comity to Pakistani talaq divorce obtained with only five days' notice by publication
    • Oct 13, 2026 Case Update: (7 October 2026), Ottolenghi v. Ottolenghi, Maryland Court Enforces Italian “Declaration of Separation of Assets” After Wife Waives Challenge Under Italian Law
    • Oct 24, 2026 Case Update (14 Oct 2026): Lappas v. Mobbs-Lappas; Connecticut refuses to defer to English divorce filed while Wife was still domiciled in Connecticut
  • Family Formation 9
    • May 27, 2020 Case Update (2020): Ntl Council for Adoption v. Pompeo; International Adoption, Hague Adoption Convention, Central Authority Guidance
    • Aug 13, 2020 ART Update: COVID and international surrogacy update
    • Oct 8, 2020 Case Update (2020): Adoption of Daphne; Jurisdiction for Petition of Adoption for a child born via surrogacy
    • Feb 24, 2021 Netherlands Update (2021): Committee recommends Dutch government suspend intercountry adoptions
    • Mar 9, 2021 HCCH Update (2021): Parentage and Surrogacy
    • Jul 14, 2022 HCCH Update (13 July 2022): Conclusions & Recommendations from 5th Special Commission on Hague Adoption Convention
    • Feb 16, 2023 Case Update (30 Jan 2023): Trower v. Blinken; foreign adoption decree was in accordance with that country's laws, despite the court ignoring a key component of the law
    • Oct 5, 2023 Case Update (29 Aug 2023): Xia v. Jaddou; examination of the use of habitual residence in the context of international adoption vs. abduction cases
    • May 20, 2024 Case Update (17 May 2024): In re Furtado; BIA dismisses appeal; insufficient evidence provided to verify adoption fell outside of Hague Adoption Convention
  • Hague Conference 1
    • Mar 11, 2024 HCCH Update (11 March 2024): CGAP Conclusions and Decisions Posted
  • Immigration & Family Law 20
    • May 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Sabra v. Pompeo; Consular Report of Birth Abroad and minor child's U.S. passport application
    • Jun 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Kiviti v. Pompeo; U.S. Citizenship, Child Born through Surrogacy outside of U.S., Same Sex Couple Parents
    • Nov 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): Jaffal v. Thompson; recognition of a foreign unilateral divorce for purposes of a U.S. citizenship application
    • Nov 12, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pachal v. Bugreeff; I-864, support of an immigrant, interplay with alimony and divorce suit
    • Dec 14, 2020 Case Update (2020): Begum v. Palanisamy; the difficulty of mirroring a U.S. custody order overseas and the conflict of continuing exclusive jurisdiction under the UCCJEA
    • Dec 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): MARG v. Texas Dept. F&PS; Third-Party custody, notice of Hague Abduction return request, inability to conduct home study in foreign country
    • Jan 28, 2021 UK Update (2021): G v. G; The Hague Abduction Convention and its impact on a request for asylum - the UK experience
    • Feb 16, 2021 Case Update (2020): Romero v. Bahamonde; Hague Abduction; mature child, burden to prove exceptions on Respondent
    • Mar 16, 2021 Case Update (2021): Bejarno v. Jimenez; immigration status is not dispositive in a now settled analysis
    • Mar 22, 2021 UK Update (2021): G v. G, interplay between asylum claim and return of a child under the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Apr 12, 2021 Case Update (2021): Pozniak v. Shwartsman; grave risk of harm and the need for a proper forensic expert
    • Jul 1, 2021 Case Update (2021): Al Saidi v. US Embassy Djibouti; Derivative U.S. citizenship for children born overseas to a U.S. citizen parent
    • Aug 26, 2021 Case Update (2021): Farrell v. Blinken; process for relinquishing U.S. nationality
    • Sep 22, 2021 Events Update: Upcoming International Family Law Events
    • Apr 26, 2022 Case Update (29 March 2022): Salame v. Tescari; asylum and the return of children under the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Sep 26, 2022 Case Update (9 Sept 2022): Macfadyen v. DHS; Nigerian divorce documents insufficient to demonstrate Nigerian divorce occurred
    • Jul 6, 2023 Case Update (27 June 2023): Jose Junior v. Ferreira de Sousa; asylum application may overlap in terms of evidence with Articles 13b and 20, but are different and a return can still be ordered
    • Jul 27, 2023 Case Update (25 July 2023): Jose Junior v. Ferreira de Sousa, Respondent's requests for reconsideration of return order, and/or stay of it, are denied
    • Aug 15, 2023 Case Update (6 July 2023): Moncada v. Blinken, a child born in the U.S. to a diplomatic agent who enjoys full immunities cannot become a U.S. citizen
    • May 20, 2024 Case Update (17 May 2024): In re Furtado; BIA dismisses appeal; insufficient evidence provided to verify adoption fell outside of Hague Adoption Convention
  • International Organizations 15
    • Apr 20, 2020 Case Update (25 Feb 2020): Monasky v. Taglieri; Habitual Residence under the 1980 Convention
    • Apr 20, 2020 HCCH Update: Article 13(b) Guide is now available
    • Apr 21, 2020 HCCH Update: Evidence Convention - New Guide on Use of Video-Link
    • May 3, 2020 HCCH Update: COVID-19 Toolkit
    • Jul 3, 2020 HCCH Update: COVID-19 Toolkit for the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention
    • Jul 3, 2020 Treaty Update: US accepts Pakistan's accession to the 1980 Child Abduction Convention
    • Oct 25, 2020 HCCH Update: Happy 40th to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention
    • Nov 27, 2020 HCCH Update: Service of process in a new era of technology
    • Jan 26, 2021 HCCH Update: Annual Council Meeting
    • Mar 8, 2021 HCCH Update (2021): Conclusions and Decisions of the Council on General Affairs and Policy
    • Mar 9, 2021 HCCH Update (2021): Parentage and Surrogacy
    • Mar 31, 2021 Case Update (2021): Thompson v. Russia, European Court of Human Rights, Hague Abduction Convention, Article 13(b) and Article 8 Right to Family Life
    • Feb 10, 2022 HCCH Update (2022): Council on General Affairs and Policy Meeting to be held 28 February - 4 March
    • Jan 30, 2023 Event Updates (2023 February): Join these International Family Law Events in February 2023
    • Mar 11, 2024 HCCH Update (11 March 2024): CGAP Conclusions and Decisions Posted
  • Judicial Assistance 29
    • Apr 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): In re. Mariani; Discovery for a Foreign Proceeding - In Re. Mariani
    • Apr 21, 2020 HCCH Update: Evidence Convention - New Guide on Use of Video-Link
    • May 25, 2020 Case Update (2020): Hamdan v. Freitekh; UCCJEA, Registration of Foreign Custody Order, Requirement of a Certified Copy
    • Oct 29, 2020 Case Update (2020): Winston v. Walsh; International Service of Process using the Hague Service Convention
    • Nov 17, 2020 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
    • Nov 25, 2020 Case Update (2020): In re Akhmedova; 28 USC 1782 and gathering evidence in the U.S. in support of a foreign divorce proceeding
    • Nov 27, 2020 HCCH Update: Service of process in a new era of technology
    • Dec 7, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pope v. Lunday; habitual residence of infants; place of birth vs. parents' intent; no evidentiary hearing required
    • Jan 6, 2021 Case Update (2020): Kim v. Cha: Service of Process in South Korea using the Hague Service Convention; certificate of non-service; actual notice
    • May 6, 2021 Case Update (2021): Koons v. Crane; substituted service, usual place of abode, personal jurisdiction for purposes of contempt
    • Nov 11, 2021 Case Update (2021): Colchester v. Lazaro; vacate and remand to appoint a psychological expert; need for robust findings in trial court order
    • Dec 14, 2021 Case Update (24 Nov 2021): Joseph II v. Luisa JJ; home state; service overseas
    • Jan 11, 2022 Case Update (3 Jan 2022): Tchenguiz v. Bird; discovery sanctions against a respondent in a Hague Abduction case
    • Jan 13, 2022 Case Update (27 Dec 2021): In re. Request for Judicial Assistance from Embassy of Egypt; 1782 Action; International Discovery in Foreign Divorce Litigation
    • Nov 8, 2022 Case Update (19 July 2022): Doe v. Hyassat; alternative service permitted in Austria via email
    • Dec 22, 2022 Case Update (12 Dec 2022): Chung v. Chih-Mei; alternative service permitted on Defendant in Taiwan
    • Jan 30, 2023 Event Updates (2023 February): Join these International Family Law Events in February 2023
    • Feb 14, 2023 Case Update (24 Jan 2023): USA v. Mrvic; alternative service permitted on foreign Defendant's U.S. counsel
    • May 18, 2023 Case Update (15 May 2023): Anumandla v. Kondapalli; Article 15 of Service Convention permitted trial court to grant divorce
    • Oct 29, 2023 Case Update (5 Sept 2023): United States v. Google; Court grants U.S.’s request for a subpoena and Commissioner to secure documents from Google
    • May 6, 2024 Case Update (2 May 2024): In re. Letter of Request from Local Court in Pankow, Germany; Granted and Commissioner appointed to collect evidence for German paternity suit
    • May 27, 2024 Case Update (21 May 2024): Peled v. Blinken, et. al.; if you do not serve pursuant to the Hague Service Convention through Central Authorities, you must be cautious of the rules
    • Jul 25, 2024 Case Update (17 July 2024): Ju v. Ju; court authorizes alternative service on Defendant in Taiwan by first class postal mail
    • Oct 30, 2024 DOS Update (28 Oct 2024): More Notaries in U.S. Embassies and Consulates Abroad
    • Nov 18, 2024 Case Update (31 Oct 2024): In Matter of Estate of R.S.; 30-year-old Russian adoption decree recognized in NJ
    • Nov 26, 2024 Case Update (25 Nov 2024): In re Marriage of Paddock; subsequent pleadings in an open court case are served by court rule, and not the Service Convention
    • May 6, 2025 Case Update (24 April 2025): In re International Judicial Assistance in Azak v. Azak; it was appropriate to appoint a commissioner to take testimony from a witness in WA for foreign proceeding
    • Jun 23, 2025 Case Update (11 June 2025): Cornejo v. Reyes; time to serve Defendant in Mexico extended for good cause shown
    • Sep 22, 2025 DOJ Update (16 Sept 2025): Government provides clarity on Hague Service of process
  • Litigation 72
    • Apr 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Cook v. Arimitsu; Recognition of Foreign Court's Hague Abduction Order
    • May 15, 2020 Case Update (2020): Russello v. Russello; Simultaneous Actions, Separation vs. Divorce, and Recognition as a matter of Comity
    • May 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Sabra v. Pompeo; Consular Report of Birth Abroad and minor child's U.S. passport application
    • May 29, 2020 Case Update (2020): Choupak v. Koroleva; Divorce, Comity, Catchall Language in a Separation Agreement
    • Jun 11, 2020 Case Update (2020): Ileiwat v. Labadi; Foreign Divorce Decree Comity, Subject Matter Jurisdiction for property division and support
    • Jul 13, 2020 Case Update (2020): Derbez v. Derbez; Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decree, Notice of Foreign Order, Court Deadlines
    • Jul 16, 2020 Case Update (2020): Claflin v. Claflin; Comity, Foreign Marriage, Void Marriage
    • Aug 11, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pawananun v. Pettit; Hague Abduction Convention, issue preclusion & comity from a prior custody case
    • Sep 3, 2020 Case Update (2020): Vicario v. Blanch; Simultaneous divorce proceedings, comity
    • Sep 17, 2020 Case Update (2020): Trott v. Trott; Hague Abduction Convention, comity to a Hague order from foreign jurisdiction
    • Oct 13, 2020 Case Update (2020): Mbatha v. Cutting; Choice of Law for the division of marital property
    • Oct 20, 2020 Case Update (2020): Thamilselvan v. Thamilselvan; Foreign Injunction to proceed with US divorce and the issue of Comity
    • Oct 27, 2020 Case Update (2020): Melki v. Melki; Subject Matter Jurisdiction over a Divorce, Domicile, Foreign Marriage - U.S. divorce
    • Nov 6, 2020 Case Update (2020): Re: JCC v. LC; Hague Abduction return, high burden for proving a grave risk, no testimony by mature child
    • Nov 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): Jaffal v. Thompson; recognition of a foreign unilateral divorce for purposes of a U.S. citizenship application
    • Dec 3, 2020 Case Update (2020): Babcock v. Babcock; Provisional remedies under ICARA, no notice for temporary restraining order
    • Dec 10, 2020 Case Update (2020): De Carvalho v. Carvalho Pereira; Return of a child to a habitual residence where that child has never lived
    • Dec 14, 2020 Case Update (2020): Begum v. Palanisamy; the difficulty of mirroring a U.S. custody order overseas and the conflict of continuing exclusive jurisdiction under the UCCJEA
    • Dec 16, 2020 Top 10 Most Clicked Blog Posts of 2020
    • Dec 21, 2020 Case Update (2020): Hedges v. Hedges; Registration, recognition and enforcement of foreign Polish child support order for adult disabled children; minimum due process
    • Dec 30, 2020 Case Update (2020): Jayagaran v. Jayagaran; improper service of process, no due process, refuse to recognize foreign divorce decree as a matter of comity
    • Jan 5, 2021 Webinar Update: The International Family Law Year-in-Review
    • Jan 19, 2021 Case Update (2021): Alfonso VH v. Christina AZ; Hague Abduction Return Petition, Now Settled Exception
    • Jan 21, 2021 Case Update (2021): Avendano v. Balza; Hague Abduction Convention, mature child objection and undue influence
    • Feb 25, 2021 Case Update (2021): Minkiewitz v. Becker; habitual residence, no clear error
    • Mar 4, 2021 Case Update (2021): Iqtaifan v. Hagerty; writ of mandamus, recognition of foreign divorce decree
    • Mar 30, 2021 Case Update (2021): Koivu v. Koivu; inconvenient forum under UCCJEA
    • Apr 15, 2021 Case Update (2021): Aluker v. Yan; right of custody pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement, Article 3 "legal effect"
    • Apr 18, 2021 Case Update (2021): Adjei v. Mayorkas; recognition of a foreign divorce decree
    • Apr 27, 2021 Case Update (2021): In Re Marriage of Margain; UCCJEA and a foreign country's declination of jurisdiction
    • May 6, 2021 Case Update (2021): Koons v. Crane; substituted service, usual place of abode, personal jurisdiction for purposes of contempt
    • Jun 15, 2021 Case Update (2021): Pokrovskaya v. Van Genderen; UCCJEA inconvenient forum
    • Jun 17, 2021 Case Update (2021): Romero v. Bahamonde; mature child's objection and testimony
    • Jun 24, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lorenz v. Lorenz; custody jurisdiction & Hague Abduction suit
    • Jul 6, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re. J.T., CINA, due process for overseas parent in termination of rights case
    • Jul 22, 2021 Case Update (2021): Hart v. Anderson; fees for Hague Abduction Petitioner
    • Jul 27, 2021 Case Update (2021): Colchester v. Lazaro, Contempt Filing, access under Hague Return Order
    • Aug 3, 2021 Case Update (2021): Jacquety v. Baptista, prevailing respondent seeking reimbursement of costs in Hague Abduction case
    • Aug 17, 2021 Case Update (2021): Grano v. Martin; fees for prevailing petitioner in Hague Abduction case
    • Aug 24, 2021 Case Update (2021): Tucker v. Covarrubias Campos; registration of ex parte foreign child custody order under UCCJEA
    • Aug 31, 2021 Case Update (2021): Wan v. DeBolt; Fees to Prevailing Petitioner in Hague Abduction Case
    • Sep 2, 2021 Case Update (2021): Lorenz v. Lorenz; waiver of "affirmative defense" under Hague Abduction Convention
    • Nov 4, 2021 Case Update (2021): Harm v. Lake-Harm; Hague Abduction; habitual residence
    • Dec 28, 2021 Case Update (20 Dec 2021): Chigariro v. Gessen; habitual residence and understanding when countries are treaty partners under the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Jan 6, 2022 Case Update (28 Dec 2021): Sargsyan v. Martirosyan; comity as to Canadian order, application of Canadian law
    • Jan 25, 2022 Case Update (11 Jan 2022): Pawananun v. Petit; award of fees and other expenses not clearly inappropriate
    • Feb 3, 2022 Case Update (19 Jan 2022): Jaffal v. Dir Newark NJ Field Office; derivative U.S. citizenship; parent's "legal separation in a foreign country"
    • Mar 29, 2022 Case Update (17 Feb 2022): Nikolenko v. Nikolenko; decline to enforce foreign divorce decree because of no due process; weighing abduction risk factors
    • Apr 21, 2022 Case Update (23 March 2022): Interest of AYS and AHS; habitual residence and application of Monasky
    • May 3, 2022 Case Update (31 March 2022): JCC v. LC; affirmed trial judge not interviewing the children in Hague return matter
    • Jun 9, 2022 Case Update (24 May 2022): Makin v. Davis; Registration of UK custody order in Georgia
    • Jun 16, 2022 Case Update (1 June 2022): Olajide v. Mockler; Motion for preliminary injunction denied; Nigerian father seeks UCCJEA be declared unconstitutional
    • Jun 27, 2022 Case Update (7 June 2022): Dixon v. Smith; continuing exclusive jurisdiction declined for a more appropriate forum
    • Jul 7, 2022 Case Update (23 June 2022): Safdar v. Aziz; best interests and international relocation; becoming a treaty "party" under the Hague Abduction Convention
    • Aug 9, 2022 Case Update (21 July 2022): Colquhoun v. Colquhoun; attorney fee award after voluntary return agreement
    • Oct 6, 2022 Case Update (30 Sept 2022): Garzon v. Hoffman; Motion for Enforcement to be filed in state court, not federal "Hague" court
    • Oct 20, 2022 Case Update (13 Oct 2022): Godinez v. Godinez; motion to dismiss denied in Hague Abduction matter
    • Oct 25, 2022 Case Update (13 Oct 2022): In the Interest of AJT; subject matter jurisdiction over custody cannot be conferred by agreement, actions, or waiver
    • Nov 3, 2022 Case Update (20 Oct 2022): U.S. v. Buff; Court may require deposition in France outside of the Evidence Convention
    • Nov 10, 2022 Case Update (4 Nov 2022): DAB v. MAS; Egyptian divorce decree not entitled to comity in NY
    • Dec 15, 2022 Case Update (2 Dec 2022): Bleich v. Bleich; subject matter jurisdiction over divorce requires meeting domicile requirement; recognition of foreign divorce is a matter of comity
    • Jan 17, 2023 Case Update (30 Dec 2022): Garcia v. Ramsis; how to calculate attorney fees for prevailing Petitioner in Abduction Convention case
    • Jan 19, 2023 Case Update (21 Dec 2022): Bikundwa v. Ruyenzi; Children ordered returned to Petitioner in Belgium
    • Feb 23, 2023 Case Update (7 Feb 2023): Adjei v. Mayorkas; Ghanaian divorce based on citizenship should be recognized as valid in Virginia, even though domicile was lacking
    • Mar 7, 2023 Case Update (9 Feb 2023): Taiwo v. Taiwo; simultaneous divorce proceedings and motions to dismiss
    • Mar 27, 2023 Case Update (1 Mar 2023): Beauchamps v. Beauchamps; Maryland appellate court affirms dismissing custody case for parties to litigate in Germany
    • May 29, 2023 Case Update (24 May 2023): Efthymiou v. Labonte, Hague Abduction attorney fees reduced for repetitive presentation of evidence, certain unnecessary costs, and respondent's financial circumstances
    • Aug 15, 2023 Case Update (6 July 2023): Moncada v. Blinken, a child born in the U.S. to a diplomatic agent who enjoys full immunities cannot become a U.S. citizen
    • Aug 22, 2023 Case Update (11 August 2023): Peyre v. McGarey; Mother's good faith belief that relocating the children was agreed upon by Father means the Father gets no fee award under ICARA
    • May 12, 2024 DOS Update (13 May 2024): Rule Update for Attendance of Third-Parties at Certain Passport Appointments
    • Jun 24, 2024 Case Update (21 June 2024): Dept of State v. Munoz; there is no constitutional liberty interest for a noncitizen spouse to legally immigrate to USA to reside with US citizen spouse
    • Aug 28, 2024 DOS Update (28 Aug 2024): DOS regulation clarifies and defines “diplomatic-agent” level immunity in the United States
  • Marriage 6
    • Mar 17, 2024 Case Update (15 March 2024): Mihigo v. Mihigo; New York applies lex loci celebrationis to recognize DRC marriage
    • Jun 24, 2024 Case Update (21 June 2024): Dept of State v. Munoz; there is no constitutional liberty interest for a noncitizen spouse to legally immigrate to USA to reside with US citizen spouse
    • Jun 29, 2025 Case Update (24 June 2025): In re Guerriero; invalid Mexican marriage still recognized in Arizona under Arizona statute
    • Apr 26, 2026 Case Update (23 April 2026): Aldarraji v. Alolwan; the parties tried fitting their UAE marriage into a Maine box, but this was wrong
    • Jun 24, 2026 Case Update (22 June 2026): Adewale v. Adewale; validity of Nigerian sequential marriages
    • Sep 20, 2026 Case Update (17 Sept 2026): Dickerson v. Dickerson; lex loci contractus to recognize a foreign marriage
  • Support 17
    • May 18, 2020 Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; Distinction between Child Support Jurisdiction and Custody Jurisdiction
    • Nov 5, 2020 Case Update (2020): Gyger v. Clement; Foreign child support order, affidavits in U.S. court by a person outside of USA, requirement of notarization
    • Nov 12, 2020 Case Update (2020): Pachal v. Bugreeff; I-864, support of an immigrant, interplay with alimony and divorce suit
    • Dec 21, 2020 Case Update (2020): Hedges v. Hedges; Registration, recognition and enforcement of foreign Polish child support order for adult disabled children; minimum due process
    • Dec 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Tompkins v. Tompkins; jurisdiction to issue an initial child support order under UIFSA; difference between custody jurisdiction and child support jurisdiction
    • Mar 2, 2021 HCCH Update (2021): Experts Group Meeting; International Transfer of Maintenance Funds
    • Mar 25, 2021 Case Update (2021): FY v. JL; jurisdiction to modify a foreign child support order
    • Mar 8, 2022 HCCH Update (4 March 2022): Council Meeting concludes; Voluntary Agreements Project
    • Mar 24, 2022 HCCH Update: Hague Child Support Convention Special Commission Meeting
    • May 26, 2022 HCCH Update: Conclusions & Recommendations from First Special Commission meeting for Hague Child Support Convention
    • Aug 4, 2022 Case Update (26 July 2022): Olson v. Olson; examination of UIFSA in determining jurisdiction to modify a foreign spousal support order
    • Sep 7, 2022 Case Update (25 August 2022): Cortez v. Garza & OAG of Texas; application of child support guidelines for a child overseas
    • Jan 10, 2023 Case Update (29 Dec 2022): Gyger v. Clement; 2nd appeal on Mother's attempt to register and enforce Swiss child support order in NC
    • Feb 21, 2023 Case Update (1 Feb 2023): State v. Lannelongue; when Spanish child support order was refused registration, custodial parent could seek a Louisiana order simultaneously
    • Mar 13, 2023 Case Update (15 Feb 2023): Shapira v. Lackenbacher; failure to object to foreign order registration in 20 days
    • Mar 31, 2023 Case Update (23 Feb 2023) : Fairbank v. IRS; failure to report foreign trust where child support was deposited will create problems
    • Jun 30, 2025 Case Update (20 June 2025): Adeyeye v. Faramaye; California must consider immigrant’s income in I-864 calculation
  • Travel 1
    • Feb 19, 2024 Case Update (31 Jan 2024): Humaid v. Garland; doctrine of consular nonreviewability divested the federal court of jurisdiction in this visa dispute
  • U.S. Government 13
    • May 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): Raia v. Pompeo; Minor Child's Passport Issuance and its interplay with the 1980 Convention and COVID-19
    • May 6, 2020 DOS Update: New ICAPRA Report Out
    • Jun 22, 2020 Case Update (2020): Kiviti v. Pompeo; U.S. Citizenship, Child Born through Surrogacy outside of U.S., Same Sex Couple Parents
    • Jun 24, 2020 Case Update (2020): Clarke v. Lopez; Obtaining a U.S. passport for a minor child without both parents' signatures
    • Aug 18, 2020 Case Update (2020): LO v. NO; Issuing a U.S. passport to a minor child, abduction prevention issues
    • Aug 28, 2020 Case Update (2020): Zaoral v. Meza; Hague Abduction Convention, one year and now settled
    • Oct 1, 2020 Case Update (2020): Valles Rubio v. Veintimilla Castro; Grave Risk in Hague Abduction Case, and ameliorative measures
    • Nov 17, 2020 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
    • May 3, 2021 DOS Update (2021): 2021 Annual Compliance Report
    • May 11, 2021 Case Update (2021): In re Marriage of BK & LS; international relocation
    • Jun 18, 2022 DOS Update (17 June 2022): Annual ICAPRA Compliance Report is published
    • Sep 20, 2022 DOS Update (13 Sept 2022): U.S. Department of State issues its annual action report on child abduction
    • Apr 14, 2023 Case Update (6 April 2023): Radu v. Shon; Petitioner requests D.Ct. to keep its temporary stay, asks Supreme Court to issue a stay, on return order
Testimonials
February 12, 2026
Chambers & Partners (2025)
February 12, 2026

Melissa is second to none in terms of her knowledge of international family law. She has a wonderfully reassuring manner which enables her to gain the confidence of parties in mediation.

– Chambers & Partners Mediation USA (2025)

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February 12, 2026
July 14, 2025
Chambers & Partners (2025)
July 14, 2025

Melissa is the top international family lawyer in the US.

– Chambers & Partners, USA Mediation (2025)

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July 14, 2025
July 3, 2025
Michael Banuchis
July 3, 2025

Melissa is a world class international family lawyer. Our firm has called on her to help us out with our most complex disputes and legal issues time and time again, and she has shown exceptional skills and professionalism every time.

– Michael Banuchis, Attorney at Green, Kaminer, Min & Rockmore (New York, New York)

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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
Jonathan Lounsberry
July 3, 2025

Great mediator! Fantastic fount of knowledge regarding international custody disputes and 1980 Hague Convention litigation.

– Jonathan Lounsberry, Attorney at KD Trial Lawyers (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
Stacy Heard
July 3, 2025

Ms. Kucinski recently mediated a complicated, high conflict international case involving 4 lawyers and the parties on behalf of my client. Her expertise in international family law gave my client confidence in her, and her mediation skills helped the parties resolve their case. I did not have confidence the case would settle. Thanks to Melissa's skills and efficiency, she was able to assist the parties in reaching a compromise. She is the best of the best!

– Stacy Heard, Owner at the Law Office of Stacy D. Heard (Seattle, Washington)

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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
Julie Gerock
July 3, 2025

Melissa is a top-notch mediator and particularly experienced, effective, and knowledgeable on international issues. She was instrumental in the resolution of a difficult international child custody case and her knowledge, skills, patience, and creativity was invaluable.

– Julie Gerock, Attorney at Maddox & Gerock (Falls Church, Virginia)

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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
Maritza Rodriguez
July 3, 2025

Working with Melissa Kucinski has been nothing short of outstanding. Her deep knowledge of international family law—especially her experience with complex Hague Convention cases—truly sets her apart. She is one of the first people I turn to when I need advice or a mediator. Melissa stays up to date on the latest case law and consistently offers thoughtful, strategic insights. I would highly recommend Melissa to anyone in need of a mediator or expert in international family law.

– Maritza Rodriguez, Attorney at Rodriguez Law (Newark, New Jersey)

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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
Florina Lupei
July 3, 2025

I cannot recommend Melissa highly enough! As both a skilled attorney and an exceptional mediator, she brings a perfect balance of professionalism and expertise to every case she is part of. If you are looking for someone who genuinely cares about their clients and knows how to navigate complex legal and emotional dynamics, Melissa is one you want by your side!

– Florina Lupei, Attorney (Washington, D.C.)

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July 3, 2025
September 19, 2023
Jessica Adler
September 19, 2023

Melissa is very knowledgeable in international family law issues and a pleasure to work with. She is my go to expert for international family law issues and I highly recommend her services.

– Jessica Adler, Owner at the Law Office of Jessica Adler (Washington, D.C.)

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September 19, 2023
September 7, 2023
Katharine Maddox
September 7, 2023

As far as I am concerned, Melissa Kucinski is one of the most knowledgeable international family law attorneys in the U.S., in addition to being an expert on jurisdiction issues. I have worked with Melissa as an expert witness, I have used her to advise on Hague international child abduction cases, she has assisted with international service of process, the list goes on. In short, if there is an international or jurisdictional component to a family law matter, I know I can rely on Melissa’s expertise. Melissa exemplifies professionalism and integrity.

– Katharine Maddox, Partner at Maddox & Gerock (Falls Church, Virginia)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Frances Goldsmith
September 7, 2023

Melissa is a guru of all things jurisdiction and applicable law for the US. Her advice is always sound and she is capable of finding the best and most practical solution forward for the client. I have known her to handle complex and heavy litigation with a straightforward and no nonsense approach.

– Frances Goldsmith, Partner at Libra Avocats (Paris, France)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Regina Demeo
September 7, 2023

I have known Melissa for over a decade & she has always been responsive and highly professional. Whenever I need to give a referral out for an international custody case or recommend a child's attorney in DC, she is at the top of my list!

– Regina Demeo, Owner at Law Office of Regina Demeo (Bethesda, Maryland)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Peter Stambleck
September 7, 2023

Melissa is top notch. Her work ethic is 2nd to none and she is fully versed on all aspects of her profession.

– Peter Stambleck, Partner at Mosberg Sharma Stambleck Gross (New York, New York)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Rebekah Sullivan
September 7, 2023

I have consulted with Attorney Kucinski as an expert in international family law on several matters. She is extremely knowledgeable in the law and procedures and her advice has been invaluable. I have also worked with Attorney Kucinski as a neutral mediator, and I have found her to be exceptionally skilled. She is thoughtful and professional.

– Rebekah Sullivan, Owner at District Family Law (Washington, D.C.)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Jennifer Riemer
September 7, 2023

Melissa is brilliant and an incredible asset if your case involves international issues.

– Jennifer Riemer, Attorney at Wasser, Cooperman & Mandles (Los Angeles, California)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Lindsay Mason
September 7, 2023

Melissa is a steadfast warrior whose depth of knowledge may only be outmatched by her compassion. I highly recommend her services.

– Lindsay Mason, Attorney at Lee & Rivers (Boston, Massachusetts)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Melanie Reichert
September 7, 2023

Melissa is a wealth of knowledge and professionalism.

– Melanie Reichert, Counsel at Broyles Kight Ricafort (Indianapolis, Indiana)

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September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023
Brian Karpf
September 7, 2023

Melissa is my go-to for International Law and Hague Convention issues. Her experience and reputation are top notch. Five Stars+++++

– Brian Karpf, Partner at Young, Berman, Karpf & Karpf (Miami, Florida)

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September 7, 2023

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