We have experienced difficulties with having the Supreme Court in New York and the New Jersey Superior Courts enforce the return of children to their parents in Petitions/Complaints filed pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Convention”). When a child is abducted either from a foreign country to the […]
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Child abduction, usually involving one parent, is becoming more rampant in this multi-cultural age with parents of diverse nationalities. In this blog, we address parental abduction to other states or countries, and not the other forms of sordid abduction such as kidnapping for ransom or sex trafficking. This blog also centers on the New York […]
Elliot and Ari Gourvitz were admitted to the District of Vermont in April 2018. The firm was hired to represent the Father, a Petitioning parent, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects on International Child Abduction. The Mother abducted her two children from Mexico City, Mexico, to Burlington, Vermont. Originally admitted pro hac […]
The Gourvitz firm safely secures the return of children abducted from New Jersey by their mother to Switzerland by an action in the New Jersey Superior Court. The Mother had moved to Switzerland and took the children with her and without the father’s consent. The firm represented the father and began an action in the […]
A Mother wanted to relocate back to Florida with her children (from New Jersey) against the Father’s wishes. The Father vehemently opposed the move. As part of Mother’s Divorce Complaint, she asked the Court to grant her permission to move with the Children–a concept known as interstate removal. The Court appointed a psychologist to assist […]
The Office of Attorney Ethics of the Supreme Court of New Jersey has regional fee arbitration committees. Selected members serve for a four year terms pursuant to the Order of Chief Justice Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Ari H. Gourvitz was selected to serve on the committee which arbitrates fee disputes whether initiated […]