Melissa Co-Authors Article for American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Journal

The Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (JAAML) was established in 1984 and features peer reviewed articles, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of the Family Law profession. The Journal is published by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and issued semiannually. The most recent issue focuses exclusively on international family law topics. Melissa Co-Authored the article “To Return or Not To Return – That Is The Question: Tensions Between Non-Refoulement and Orders of Return Under the Hague Abduction Convention.”The article focuses on the potential conflicts, in the United States, when a parent travels into the United States with their child and seeks asylum, and the non-traveling parent seeks the child’s return home using the Hague Abduction Convention.