 | 1. Divorce Source: Cases of Interest: Foreign Issues
Case law and analysis of divorce cases related to foreign issues. Visit Other Cases of Interest
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|          | 2. Divorce Source: Recognition of Foreign Country Divorce Judgments
A judgment of divorce issued in a foreign country generally is recognized in a state in the United States on the basis of comity Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113, 163-64 1895, provided both parties to the divorce received adequate notice, i.e., service of process and, generally, provided one of the par
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         | 3. Divorce Source: RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY DIVORCE DECREES PURSUANT TO THE DOCTRINE OF COMITY
Two facts about modern society have created a huge problem for modern courts. First, approximately 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
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|          | 4. Divorce Source: Separation & Divorce for Non-citizens
Half of all U.S. marriages end in divorce. Non-citizens are not immune -- if anything, they may be more vulnerable to marital problems than the average person. Visitors to this country face cultural s
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         | 5. Divorce Source: RIGHT TO EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AFTER FOREIGN DIVORCE
(©1995) The Virginia Court of Appeals held that the divorce decree did not deprive the wife of the right to seek a determination by the trial court of the property right she may have had in the husbands
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         | 6. Divorce Source: CUTOFF DATE - EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FOLLOWING FOREIGN DIVORCE
(©1994) The cutoff date for equitable distribution is the commencement of the equitable distribution proceeding, not the date at which one party obtains a judgment of divorce in another state
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         | 7. Divorce Source: Divorce/Choice of Law/Foreign Country Law:
Parties cannot agree, without a premarital agreement as to basic terms, that a marriage will be governed by another country
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