Cross-Border DivorceCross-Border Divorce

Clients anticipating or in the process of divorce typically seek guidance from their current professional advisors. Increasingly, divorces involve individuals, structures and/or assets outside clients’ home countries. Unwinding cross-border marriages, however, presents many challenges, ranging from choice of jurisdiction to spousal maintenance, property division and enforcement of court orders. Let’s explore these and other key issues that advisors need to be aware of. Child custody, while also typically an important concern during divorce proceedings, is beyond the scope of this article, as are pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

The number of people living outside their countries of birth continues to increase,¹ with a concurrent growth i...