Divorce is not only a legal termination of marriage but a passage through a tunnel of transformation—legal, financial, psychological, and cultural. For immigrant families, this tunnel becomes doubly complex. It is not merely the end of a relationship but the confrontation between two systems of value: the native culture that shaped expectations and the host culture that governs adjudication…
The “Holiday Season” is not a random sequence of celebrations. It is a cultural column of four events stacked vertically, each standing on the shoulders of the one before it. From Halloween to New Year’s, America climbs from the unknown to the familiar, from gratitude to intimacy, and finally to aspiration. Together, these events reveal how a nation of immigrants creates unity…
A California divorce decree is binding throughout the U.S., but enforcing it abroad, particularly in countries like Iran, requires navigating foreign legal systems with no guarantee of automatic recognition. This article surveys the principal approaches taken in common law, civil law, and Islamic law jurisdictions, with practice notes emphasizing recognition in Iran. MCLE credit opportunity.
This article introduces seven practical cultural metaphors that illuminate how cross-cultural misunderstandings arise in family court and how judges, attorneys, and mental-health professionals can more accurately interpret parties’ conduct, communication, and motivations.
