Curated List of Articles
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Bar Association Newsletter contribution that discusses child abduction prevention issues.

Bar Association Newsletter contribution that discusses the role of the U.S. uniform custody jurisdiction act in international cases.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact, both legally and practically, on international child custody and abduction cases.

Article on the pros and cons of using technology to mediate complex multi-jurisdictional family cases.

Article that discusses the role of culture in resolving parental child abduction cases through mediation.

Article about the promise of using technology to resolve multi-jurisdictional family law cases through mediation.

Article that discusses options for making mediation mainstream in international parental child abduction cases in the United States.

Melissa explores the promise, and potential traps, for practitioners who wish to have their clients mediate intricate cross-border family law cases.

This article provides an update and trends on litigation of international parental child abduction cases and gives alternatives to litigating these high conflict cases.

This article explores how the coronavirus impacted international parental child abduction cases brought in the United States and overseas under the Hague Abduction Convention.

This article will focus on on judicial interviews of children, in chambers, including in Hague Abduction Convention cases; the potential promise and pitfalls of conducting such interviews; and how the U.S. experience provides an excellent template for future discussions and work on creating a soft law instrument on this important information-gathering tool.

Annual year-in-review article on international family legal updates for calendar year 2015.

Annual year-in-review article on international family legal updates for calendar year 2014.

Annual year-in-review article on international family legal updates for calendar year 2013.

Annual year-in-review article on international family legal updates for all years of publication. Access available to members of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law members.

Article that discusses the considerations for directly involving children in litigation between their parents.

This article gives a practical view on why courts need to account for a child's views in custody cases, and the different ways to hear a child.

This article will focus on on judicial interviews of children, in chambers, including in Hague Abduction Convention cases; the potential promise and pitfalls of conducting such interviews; and how the U.S. experience provides an excellent template for future discussions and work on creating a soft law instrument on this important information-gathering tool.