North Carolina Court Recognizes Ghanaian Proxy Marriage
A marriage celebrated outside the United States will generally be recognized by a court within the United States if two requirements are met. First, the couple must have satisfied all of the legal requirements of the place of celebration. Second, the marriage cannot be contrary to the public policy of the recognizing state. The North…
Continue ReadingA Primer on International Family Law
[This post is one in a series of primers on different topics in transnational litigation. To access other primers, please click on the “Topics” drop-down menu above.] International family law focuses on two discrete areas of international practice: (1) private international law, and (2) comparative family law. This area of practice is traditionally broken down…
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