International Family Law - Family Law Across the U.S. and India

About this episode

This episode explores international family law disputes between India and the United States, focusing on jurisdictional strategies and enforcement challenges.

International Family Law examines how family law disputes are handled across different legal systems, cultures, and jurisdictions. Through in-depth conversations with leading international practitioners, the series explores forum selection, property and support regimes, child custody, enforcement challenges, and conflicts of law, with each discussion grounded in practical comparisons to California family law. In this episode, Ranjit Malhotra and Mrunalini Deshmukh explore international family law disputes between India and the United States. The conversation covers forum selection and jurisdictional strategy across India's personal law frameworks, international child abduction in the context of India's non-signatory status under the 1980 Hague Convention, child custody standards and the recognition of foreign custody orders, relocation and move-away considerations, marital property and asset division, support obligations, and the enforcement of California judgments in India. Alphonse Provinziano of Provinziano & Associates moderates the conversation by drawing comparisons to California law, contextualizing India's diverse legal frameworks for U.S.-based practitioners, and…

People in this episode

Host: Alphonse Provinziano

Guests: Ranjit Malhotra, Mrunalini Deshmukh

Topics covered

• International Family Law
• Family Law Disputes
• Jurisdictional Strategy
• Child Custody
• Enforcement Challenges
• Property Division
• Cross-Border Legal Issues

Keywords

• International Family Law
• Child Custody
• Jurisdiction
• Hague Convention
• Property Division
• Enforcement
• California Law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Provinziano & Associates

Places: India, United States, California

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