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Introduction to the Hague Convention on Child Abduction
This program will provide information about how to initiate Hague Convention on Child Abduction cases at Federal and State levels and defenses to a child custody case under the terms of the convention.
1 Participatory MCLE Credits
Melissa Kucinski
Melissa Kucinski is an international family law expert and owns the boutique international law firm of MK Family Law, PLLC in Washington, D.C. She served as a consultant to the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 2013 and has written more than a dozen articles published in more than one language on international children’s issues and mediation of complex cross-border custody and child abduction cases. Melissa has presented at over 80 national and international conferences on international children’s issues and mediation. Melissa has traveled to Tokyo twice for meetings on the Hague Child Abduction Convention – first in 2014 as part of a U.S. delegation and again in 2019, at the invitation of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Melissa has been a long-standing member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. She served as a private sector advisor to the U.S. Delegation to the Hague’s Sixth Special Commission meeting in 2011 to review the practical operation of two international children’s treaties, and she attended the Seventh Special Commission meeting in 2017 with International Social Service (ISS). She chaired ISS’s efforts to create a global network of international family mediation resources. Melissa has served in a variety of capacities within the American Bar Association (ABA), including past chair of an International Family Mediation Task Force, and chair of two separate international family law committees. She is currently co-chair of the ABA International Family Law Committee and co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s International Family Law Committee. Melissa has taught the International Family Law course at the George Washington University School of Law since 2010. She is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, and has been elected to its Board of Governors. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is co-chair of its International Issues Committee. Her book, A Practical Handbook for the Child's Attorney: Effectively Representing Children in Custody Cases ,included a chapter on representing children in complex international abduction and relocation cases. Her newest book, Family Law Across Borders: Cases and Comments was released in 2021 by West Academic. She is the author of an international family law blog found at www.familylawacrossborders.com.
Tammy Jacobs
Tamara Jacobs is a Senior Deputy District Attorney at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. She has been a Deputy District Attorney for 28 years. She has been the Deputy District Attorney overseeing the Child Abduction Unit for 4 years. The Child Abduction Unit handles criminal child abduction cases as well as civil cases under the Family Code 3130 mandate, including all Hague Convention Cases that arise in Orange County. California has a unique approach to Hague Convention cases as it is the only state that will file the petitions on behalf of the applicant. Since being in the Child Abduction Unit, she has conducted numerous trainings for law enforcement, domestic violence shelters and judges on issues surrounding child abductions.
Fatemeh Faith Nouri
Faith Nouri is a principal attorney at Nouri Law Corporation and has a dual license to practice in the U.S. and Canada. She is a Family Law Specialist, designated by the State Bar of California; Minor’s Counsel, Superior Court of California, in both Orange County and Los Angeles County Superior Courts; Certified mediator with training from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law; and Certified Collaborative Divorce Attorney from the Collaborative Divorce Institute of Phoenix, Arizona. She also assists the Superior Court of California as a Settlement Officer/Mediator. Ms. Nouri represents clients from 26 countries and handles California contested and uncontested family law, international abduction, as well as U.S. and Canada immigration and cross-border issues including inadmissibility into U.S. and Canada.
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