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Nancy Chemtob speaks with Vulture on next steps to expect from the Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas custody battle.

Vulture
September 22, 2022

Vulture: What Happens Next in Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s Custody Battle? September 27, 2023

What exactly is the Hague Convention on Child Abduction? Couples (or other partnerships) duke out child-custody cases in the jurisdictions where the kids permanently reside, but when there’s a dispute over the location of children’s permanent home, a court will ultimately make a determination. The process gets even more complicated when this residency dispute involves different countries, as a person can go to a court for a decision on the kids’ permanent residence. Once the permanent residence is decided, custody proceedings will unfold in that jurisdiction. 

 

“What’s going to be decided in federal court is where the children’s home is,” explained Nancy Chemtob, a leading New York City matrimonial attorney who counts Mary-Kate Olsen among her high-profile clientele. “The first thing that happens is deciding whether either of them have the right to go to England, or stay in the U.S.,” Chemtob said. “Once they decide that, then they would decide whether to go to the [matrimonial] court in Miami and have the custody case there, or England and have the custody case there, or New York.”

 

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What exactly is the Hague Convention on Child Abduction? Couples (or other partnerships) duke out child-custody cases in the jurisdictions where the kids permanently reside, but when there’s a dispute over the location of children’s permanent home, a court will ultimately make a determination. The process gets even more complicated when this residency dispute involves different countries, as a person can go to a court for a decision on the kids’ permanent residence. Once the permanent residence is decided, custody proceedings will unfold in that jurisdiction. 

 

“What’s going to be decided in federal court is where the children’s home is,” explained Nancy Chemtob, a leading New York City matrimonial attorney who counts Mary-Kate Olsen among her high-profile clientele. “The first thing that happens is deciding whether either of them have the right to go to England, or stay in the U.S.,” Chemtob said. “Once they decide that, then they would decide whether to go to the [matrimonial] court in Miami and have the custody case there, or England and have the custody case there, or New York.”

 

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