Attorney Siegel attended the Hague Conference on Private International Law April 2-4, 2025 at the Canadien Embassy in Washington, DC where the topic was Progress and Perspectives on International Family Relocation.
Judges and attorneys from all over the world attended and Siegel Colin & Kaufman, PC was one of the sponsors of the conference.
The conference consisted of eight sessions, bringing together experts from over 20 States. Following the opening remarks, the first session set the scene by outlining the harmful effects of international child abduction and introducing international family relocation as a potential tool to help prevent it. The second session provided a state of play of international family relocation. The next four sessions facilitated an exchange of experiences among officials from States with specific relocation procedures, States following specific case law or guidelines in relocation cases, and States utilising best interests assessments as guidelines in relocation cases. These were followed by a session highlighting recent research and policy work on international family relocation. Finally, the last session discussed the use of alternate dispute resolution and other services in cases of international family relocation.
