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International Family Law Committee 2003

Section Books

International Practitioner’s Deskbook Series: International Lawyer's Deskbook, 2nd Ed., Lucinda A. Low, Patrick M. Norton, and Daniel M. Drory, Eds.

This book is a reference tool for lawyers facing international legal problems outside their own areas of expertise. In addition to an overview chapter and a chapter on selecting foreign counsel, this newly revised and greatly expanded edition of the International Lawyer’s Deskbook contains chapters discussing different areas of international law and practice. Chapter 27 addresses international family law issues.


International Family Law Resources
Cases  
www.incadat.com  
Forms  
Hague Abduction Application Instructions
Charts & Reports  

NCMEC’s Chart on “Making the Hague Case”

Elisa Perez-Vera’s Report on the Hague Abduction Convention
Statutes, Treatises, Laws  
Child Support  
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
Rights of the Children  
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution & Child Pornography
Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Custody Proceedings
Child Abduction  
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act

International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA)

Missing Children Act (28 USC 534)
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (28 USC 1738A) International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act (18 USC 1204)
Fugitive Felon Act (18 USC 1073) Extradition Treaties Interpretation Act (18 USC 3181)
Adoption  
Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition of Decrees Relating to Adoption Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Uniform Adoption Act  
Assisted Conception  
Uniform Status of Children of Assisted Conception Act  
Divorce - General  
U.N. General Assembly Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages U.N. Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
Hague Convention on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages Hague Convention on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations
Prenuptual Agreements  
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act  
Asset Division  
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes  
Procedure and Practice - Civil Procedure  
Hague Convention on Civil Procedure  
Apostille  
Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents  
Service of Process  
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters  
Jurisdiction  
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act  
Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Maintenance Orders  
Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations  
Obtaining Evidence Abroad: Documents, Testimony, Depositions  
Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act
Enforcement: of US judgments in foreign courts; of foreign judgments in US courts  
Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement, and Co-Operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of the Child Hague Convention Concerning the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations Towards Children
Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act  
Choice of Law  
Hague Convention on Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations Towards Children
Hague Convention Relating to the Settlement of the Conflicts Between the Law of Nationality and the Law of Domicile Uniform Conflict of Laws - Limitations Act
Mental Illness & Disabilities  
U.N. Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care U.N. General Assembly Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
U.N. General Assembly Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons U.N. Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act  
Migrant Workers  
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families  
Domestic Violence  
Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act