About our international law blog

  • This site tracks developments in international family law from Richard Crouch and John Crouch of Crouch & Crouch in Arlington, Virginia. Our international practice has grown naturally from our location in our native Arlington, where our clients include many military, diplomatic and immigrant families, international organization employees, IT professionals, etc. This blog's purpose is to comment on the ongoing development of the law, and help other lawyers, journalists and the public understand individual cases. These postings do not provide a comprehensive description of the law. In fact, they will surely contain statements that were true at the time but have become less valid as the law continues to develop.

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April 09, 2007

Spanish mother remains jailed for abducting child to avoid visitation

Courtesy of the great New Jersey divorce lawyer and blogger Charlie Abut, a story about a standoff between Spanish and U.S. courts over custody jurisdiction and visitation enforcement:

Court rebuffs jailed mother
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Bergen Evening Record

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Posted by John Crouch on April 09, 2007 in Child Custody Jurisdiction | | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

March 21, 2007

HAGUE CONVENTION AND CUSTODY MODIFICATION LITIGATION - HABITUAL RESIDENCE - “GRAVE RISK” DEFENSE - ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS REQUIRED.

A California Court of Appeal made some important points about the boudaries between custody cases adn hague convention cases, and construed the "Grave Risk of Harm" defense narrowly, in Forrest-Benavides v. Eaddy, ___ P.3d ___, ___ Cal. App. ___, 33 FLR 1039 (11/17/06), as it reversed a modifying decision by the California court that had made the original custody order.

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Posted by Richard Crouch on March 21, 2007 in Abduction: Habitual Residence, Abduction: Harm to Child or Spouse as a Defense, Child Custody Jurisdiction, Child Custody: relocation | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)