Can US Family Courts Determine Custody When One Parent Takes Child Abroad?

Can US Family Courts Determine Custody When One Parent Takes Child Abroad?
Can US Family Courts Determine Custody When One Parent Takes Child Abroad?

The Supreme Court this week heard arguments on an international child custody case in which a father is looking for the return of his daughter who is with his foreign mother abroad.

The Court is being asked if U.S. family law courts can determine custody when a foreign parent takes a child out of the country.

Due Diligence’s chief legal correspondent, Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, found out more from Margaret Ryznar, a law professor at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.

 

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Carmen is a multimedia journalist based in Washington, DC whose work has appeared in a variety of outlets including National Geographic, NBC News, the BBC, Asia! Magazine, The China Post, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel.