Cross-Border Kinship The International Custody Disputes

Cross-Border Kinship: The International Custody Disputes is an in-depth and practice-oriented work addressing one of the most complex areas of modern family law: custody and kinship disputes involving multiple jurisdictions.

Global migration, international marriages, and cross-border family structures have significantly increased disputes where parents, children, and guardians are connected to more than one country. This book examines how such disputes arise and how they are addressed through legal principles, procedural frameworks, and judicial reasoning across borders.

The book explores key issues, including:

• Cross-border child custody and visitation disputes
• Jurisdictional conflicts between courts of different countries
• Parental relocation and international child removal
• Guardianship and kinship claims involving foreign elements
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign custody orders
• Practical challenges faced by courts, lawyers, and families

Rather than limiting discussion to a single legal system, the book adopts a comparative and international perspective, drawing on principles commonly found in common law and international family law frameworks, including practices relevant to the US, UK, EU jurisdictions, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Written in clear, structured legal English, this book is especially valuable for:

• Family law practitioners and legal consultants
• Lawyers handling international or cross-border matters
• Legal researchers and postgraduate students
• Individuals involved in international custody or relocation disputes

The focus throughout the book is on practical understanding, legal reasoning, and procedural clarity, making it suitable both as a reference work and a problem-solving guide for cross-border family disputes. (242 pages)