International Divorce Attorney in Orlando, Florida
How do I get a divorce from someone in another country?
How do I get a divorce from someone in another country?
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international divorce has many different
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components depending upon
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where the spouses are located if your
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spouse
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is located in a different country and
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has no connection
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with the state of florida and you can’t
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bring them with the m but
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within the ambit of what’s called a
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long-armed jurisdiction statute
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all the florida can court can do is
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grant the divorce
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they may have the ability to divide
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property which is found within the state
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but if the property is
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located internationally they don’t have
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any jurisdiction over that and they
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don’t have what’s called
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personal jurisdiction over the spouse
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who’s not located in florida
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with child custody issues there’s many
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many different facets that need to be
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looked at
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my advice to anybody who has
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international components
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to their divorce case is to seek out a
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lawyer
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such as myself who is a fellow of the
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international academy of family lawyers
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it’s a worldwide organization of family
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lawyers who have international
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experience
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one of the benefits of that is we will
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have connections
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with lawyers family lawyers in most
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countries around the world
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so if documents are needed if court
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orders are needed
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if discovery is needed or depositions
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need to be taken in a foreign country
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we have ways of doing that that that
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maybe
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most lawyers don’t
Orlando, FL family law attorney Richard West talks about how one can get a divorce from someone in another country.
