The war of the roses:

An overview of the most critical legal issues in international divorces

Wednesday 26th August, 14:30-16:00

Commission: Private Clients

General Reporters : Felipe Faltay Katz De Castro, Christian Montana

Divorces are definitely part of many private clients’ lives, so the scope of our workshop is to provide some light into some actual situations and recent case law from the different jurisdictions from which AIJA is proud to have members. We will particularly focus on “hot” topics like joint custody, alimony and maintenance for spouse and children. Based on the survey to be conducted by the national reporters, common grounds and differences will be analyzed and discussed between the speakers and the audience. In order to bring up interesting discussion material, and keep our workshop particularly lively, we have suggested three practical cases which will show how such situations involving divorces would be viewed by the courts in different legal systems.Additionally, we are studying the possibility to discuss the Madonna vs. Guy Ritchie case. But since time is limited, we need to take care how we spend it.