Minors Are Often The Unintended Victims Of Cross-Border Divorce

One of the most difficult aspects of divorce is making arrangements for the children of the marriage; their well being and where they shall live are rarely easy decisions. This is made infinity more difficult if the parents are citizens of different countries. Frequently when a marriage fails there is a natural desire on the part of an individual to return to their home country, this, of course, poses a problem with regard to the children.

In a case reported in Unione Sarda and La Nuova Sardegna recently, a dispute between a divorced couple who are citizens of different countries, the father is French and the mother Italian, their two children are 11...