Interview with top NYC divorce lawyer: the "fearless" Sherri Donovan!
This is why Divorce Saloon’s editors voted Sherri was one of the TITANS-10 for calendar year 2014.
This is why Divorce Saloon’s editors voted Sherri was one of the TITANS-10 for calendar year 2014.
The Palm Beach Post ran a story today about an American father from Tennessee who was arrested in Japan for trying to “kidnap” his children. The man, Christopher Savoie, tried to grab his 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter as they arrived at their school in Japan and almost made it to the U.S. …
Read moreJAPAN: American father arrested for kidnapping his kids in Japan
Why doesn’t the Hague Convention apply? We posted on this story months back when it first broke. American David Goldman married a Brazilian woman and they lived here in the US. She bore him a son named Sean. One day she left for holiday to see family in Brazil, with Sean, and never came back. …
We have done a few Hague Convention posts on Divorce Saloon. This link will take you to any post that references Hague Convention on this site: http://www.divorcesaloon.com/index.php?s=Hague+Convention Here is a guest article by an attorney in New York who specializes in Hague Convention cases: How to Win a Hague Convention Child Abduction Case by Jeremy …
Another 5 year old child has disappeared in America (Satsuma Florida) and her disappearance is being treated as an abduction. The child’s name is Haleigh Ann Marie Cummings and she is the daughter of Crystal Sheffield and Ronald Cummings. Mr. Cummings, 25, had custody of the child. According to MSNBC “Haleigh was last seen at 10 p.m. Monday in …
Read moreFive year old Haleigh Ann Marie Cummings' disappearance being treated as abduction
According to NBC News, four years ago, David Goldman allowed his then wife Bruna Goldman to take their 4 year old son Sean to Brazil to visit relatives. Bruna never returned to the U.S. Instead she hid out in Brazil and divorced Goldman in the Brazilian courts, exparte (only one side present at the hearings). …
Read moreNew Jersey dad David Goldman reunites with his son after a 4 year abduction
This scenario is happening more often than ever before – the classic baby abduction by a parent. According to the Economist article I read this weekend, about 68% of abductors are the moms. I have to say I was slightly surprised by that statistic. But if you really think about it, it makes sense. It …
With these jet-setting billionaires and celebrity couples routinely living transborder lives, it is becoming increasingly relevant to consider where you might get a better settlement if you divorced your spouse, so that you can gear your life in such a way as to accomodate that possibility. This weekend I read an article in the Economist …
Read moreLondon or New York: where will you get a better divorce settlement
I was reading the New York Times and was linked to an article on the Economist which I found very intriguing, if not slightly complex. It had to do with the transnational divorces of the high net worth set, and the complications it poses where, among other things, issues such as child custody are concerned. …
Read moreThe Hague Convention and the Kramer v. Kramer style divorce
Divorce and Custody information: It’s occurred to me that none of Brad Pitt and Angelina’s kids were born in the United States. Two were born in Africa, Two were born in Asia and Two were born in France. The couple are not married so we don’t have to worry about them getting divorced. But it …