While no divorce is easy, international divorce and custody cases can be especially complex and high-stake. If you are facing the prospect of an international divorce, you need legal help from a divorce attorney with experience not just in family law but international...
Marriage is one of the few aspects of the legal system with an overlap between religion and civil state law. This creates some confusion. For example, if you are married in a church, synagogue, temple, or mosque, do you have a legal marriage in Connecticut? Short...
How is property division handled in an international divorce? Can your spouse refuse to give up a property that is held overseas, even in the face of a court judgment? While it’s a complicated answer to a complicated question, there are a few things you should...
Some Connecticut divorces involve international law. For example, if you're a dual citizen, married to a citizen of another country, or live overseas, your United States divorce can be more nuanced. International law can often prolong an already long and complex...
Connecticut gets (gives itself?) a bad rap for being provincial. Our clients indicate it is anything but. In just the last couple of weeks, Freed Marcroft has arranged for service of process on spouses in two different European countries, the British Isles, and...
Getting divorced is challenging enough, but if you and your spouse live in different countries, it’s hard to know where to begin and what to do afterwards. Where do you file to commence proceedings? And how is the divorce order enforced, especially as it pertains to...
On Christmas, Madonna shared this photo of her and her son, Rocco, commenting “Merry Xmas to the sunshine of my life.” It is not uncommon for custody disputes to arise (or become more heated) during the holiday season. When they involve celebrities, the family’s...
What happens when two of Freed Marcroft’s practice areas, family law and immigration, intersect? We assist binational couple clients in obtaining permanent residence status (commonly referred to as “green cards”) based on their marriage to a United States citizen (or...
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