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Criminal Conviction in Abduction Case

In the latest development in a complex international custody dispute between an American father and Spanish mother, the mother was convicted by a jury last week on criminal charges of custodial interference under New Jersey law.   Accounts of the trial are available
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Resources: Immigration and Family Law

Here are several useful books, published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and available from their web site, on topics related to international family law:
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Child Support Update

This press release from the Hague Conference reports the conclusion of the Special Commission convened to consider measures to promote and implement the 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other fo
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Wedding Customs

I enjoyed this piece by Choe Sang-Hun in the New York Times, called “Questioning a Korean Wedding Tradition,” which considers recent debate about the practice of making large cash gifts at the time of weddings and funerals.  As a point of (loose)
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Same-Sex Marriage in Argentina

A judge in Buenos Aires ruled on November 13 that a same-sex couple must be permitted to marry on constitutional equality grounds; on November 15 the mayor announced that the city would not appeal the ruling.  Here’s an item on
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