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Mali custody case alleges violations of human rights

endfgmtoday November 16, 2017 November 16, 2017Africa, Indiana

A recent ruling by an Indiana appellate court in a transcontinental custody dispute is raising questions in the Hoosier legal community about the authority United States courts have to question the legal practices of other nations. The Indiana Court of Appeals handed down a decision last month in Maimouna Coulibaly v.…

U.S. courts and child custody judgments from foreign countries that have sex-discriminatory custody rules

endfgmtoday October 30, 2017 November 7, 2017at-risk girls, Indiana, U.S.

Coulibaly v. Stevance, decided Wednesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals, considers whether Indiana courts should honor a Malian child custody decree (involving Malian citizens). Indiana has adopted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), under which state courts must enforce out-of-state and out-of-country custody decrees if the…