Family and Property Disputes with an International Element: Child Retention, Asset Retention, and Jurisdictional Conflicts
This report systematically analyzes international family and property disputes involving overlapping issues of jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of judgments, child return, maintenance recovery, and asset preservation. It examines the mechanisms of the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions, Brussels IIb, and EU regulations on matrimonial property regimes and maintenance obligations. Particular attention is given to how child and asset retention transforms disputes into a race for control over time, forum, and procedural initiative. A practical defense model is proposed, covering all parallel tracks of the dispute.
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