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I’ve seen a huge spike lately in the number of divorce attorneys calling about serving subpoenas on offshore banks. The
Divorce, Money Hidden Offshore, and The Hague
Overseas service gone wrong: The Nightmare Scenario, Part II
A few months ago, I offered up a nightmare scenario to illustrate the importance of properly serving under the Hague Service Convention. After I mentioned it in a CLE lecture (about legal blogging, of all things), a colleague asked me
Serving Overseas: Divorce
Serving process abroad touches virtually every aspect of civil litigation.
It happens all the time. I’ll give a lecture or mention what I do at a bar association event, and the colleague I
Overseas service gone wrong: The Nightmare Scenario
A couple of years ago, I ran into a law school classmate at a happy hour hosted by our local bar association. “Hey, you handle service of process in other countries, right?” Yeah, I answered. Quite a bit of Hague Service Convention stuff.
“Great. Lemme ask you a question…”
He was handling a
Hague Child Support and forthcoming help
My parents divorced around the time I finished high school.* The court ordered Dad to provide support to Mom for both me and my sister as long as we were full time students, even in college. I finished my bachelor’s degree about the same time my sister finished high school, and the old man decided
Military servicemembers and divorce
[Originally published at vikinglaw.us]
Your client is a G.I.— a grunt, a leatherneck, a swabbie, or a flyboy. While he was stationed overseas, he met a girl who he thought was the love of his life. After a whirlwind romance, they got married, and she followed him stateside.
Eventually, things went south. For whatever
Serving U.S. servicemembers abroad
[Originally published at vikinglaw.us]
A particular quirk arises in serving a defendant if he or she is a U.S. servicemember stationed abroad. For the most part, I explain to clients that such an objective is a tough one, so they might have to simply wait until the defendant returns to the United States. [This