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Susan Myres, JD Myres & Associates Family Law, Houston, Texas, USA, smyres@myresfamilylaw.com Christopher Flynn, MD

Family Law and International Space Travel. Susan Myres, JD Myres & Associates Family Law, Houston, Texas, USA, smyres@myresfamilylaw.com Christopher Flynn, MD Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas, USA, cflynn@menninger.edu. Fifty Years Ago. Space Exploration Through the Years. Today.

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Susan Myres, JD Myres & Associates Family Law, Houston, Texas, USA, smyres@myresfamilylaw.com Christopher Flynn, MD

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  1. Family Law and International Space Travel Susan Myres, JD Myres & Associates Family Law, Houston, Texas, USA, smyres@myresfamilylaw.com Christopher Flynn, MD Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas, USA, cflynn@menninger.edu
  2. Fifty Years Ago Space Exploration Through the Years
  3. Today Space Exploration Through the Years
  4. Family Law Components Pre-marriage Contracts Divorce Child Support Alimony Support Custody After Divorce Enforcement
  5. Space Wedding
  6. The Hague Conventions: Signatures, Ratifications and Accessions http://www.hcch.net/upload/charts.htm
  7. Hague Abduction Convention List
  8. Case Scenarios: Husband and wife are U.S. citizens with two children. Wife moves family to Russia for career.
  9. Case Scenarios: Wife files for divorce in Russia. Husband’s visa expires and moves home to Texas. Husband returns to Russia for children.
  10. Japanese Citizen Moves to U.S., marries U.S. citizen and has baby.
  11. Japanese Citizen Moves to U.S., marries U.S. citizen and has baby. Family travels to Japan to visit family.
  12. Japanese Citizen Moves to U.S., marries U.S. citizen and has baby. Family travels to Japan to visit family. Mother must leave Japan when visa expires.
  13. *NASA Administrator moves family of five to Holland. *Wife wants to move back to U.S. and takes children with her. *Husband files with Hague to get children back to Holland. *Hague Convention exempts children 16 years of age or older.
  14. Property Rights Researching Jurisdictional Requirements: How long do you and your spouse have to live in the jurisdiction before you can file for relief? Do both parties have to live in the same place? How long do you and your spouse have to live apart before you can seek a divorce?
  15. Property Rights Property Division: How does the forum determine what property is subject to division? Is property owned prior to marriage subject to division? Or, is property acquired after marriage ever subject to consideration in post-divorce actions? How are assets valued and are they divided equally or disproportionately based on factors?
  16. Is it available? How much can be expected? How is it determined? How long does it last? Can it change after divorce?
  17. What are the restrictions? Remarriage? Visitation? Support? College? Health Insurance?
  18. Methods of the Family Law Process: Court
  19. Methods of the Family Law Process: Arbitration
  20. Methods of the Family Law Process: Administrative
  21. Methods of the Family Law Process: Mediation
  22. Methods of the Family Law Process: Collaborative Law
  23. Statistics Only eighty-one countries are signatories to the Hague Abduction Convention. High performance professionals have a higher rate of divorce than average. The average rate of divorce in the U.S. is 50% while many countries involved in space flight having similar numbers.
  24. Protecting High Performing Professionals, Their Agencies, and Their Families Agencies and companies who employ personnel that are moving around the globe and beyond must be prepared to help those families and family law problems extend beyond national boundaries Unless there is uniformity in the laws and their applications, families will continue to struggle with the issues involving international family law.
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