As the world has grown smaller, both marriages and divorces have become more common between citizens of different nations. Family lawyers increasingly find themselves representing clients splitting from spouses in foreign lands -- situations that can involve clashing cultures, inconsistent legal systems and scant guidance about which country's laws control.
January 25, 2013 at 06:32 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When Evie Jeang was 12, she moved with her mother from Taiwan to the Los Angeles area. Her mother, who had divorced from Jeang’s father a few years earlier, worked two jobs to send Jeang to a private school, but the hard work paid off when Jeang earned a J.D. from Southwestern Law School.
Today, she believes her transnational upbringing, with parents living about as far apart as two people can, put Jeang in good stead for the work she found for herself — international divorce.
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