Hague Convention & International Family Law
Mirror Orders to Help Prevent International Child Abduction
By Jeremy D. Morley “Mirror” orders can be a useful tool in the arsenal of lawyers who handle cases concerning international child travel and the prevention of potential international child abduction. Increasingly courts are being asked to enjoin parents from taking...
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Brazil: New Regulations to Curb Tax Evasion and Money Laundering
(Jan. 9, 2017) The Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brazil, RFB) enacted three normative instructions on December 28 and 29, 2016, designed to standardize the sharing of information with other countries and to facilitate...
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Safe Returns on Hague Convention Lawsuits in Brazil Abductions
Safe Returns on Hague Convention Lawsuits in Brazil Abductions Disputes in International Child Abduction can turn into a tremendous effort in countries like Brazil, Japan, India and other countries. Because of cultural facets, these international children...
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Brazil: Federal Supreme Court Recognizes Dual Paternity
(Sept. 23, 2016) On September 21, 2016, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) held that a child’s relationship with one man through socio-affective paternity does not exempt the child’s biological father from...
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Success in the return of a child through the Hague Convention
Success in the return of a child through the Hague Convention Abducted Child Return from Brazil This week we have accomplished another victory in a Hague Convention’s case. We ensured the first contact between our client Sabri and his son Enrico in Brazil, after one...
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Sergio Botinha meets David Goldman and Chris Brann
Sérgio Botinha meets David Goldman (Sean Goldman’s father), Chris Brann and others to discuss the Hague Convention. The Law Firm Botinha e Cabral usually acts in cases involving the discussion about child’s return to foreign countries, or from overseas to Brazil, when...
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Brazil: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Publishes Brochure on Child Custody and International Abduction
Jan. 20, 2016) On January 19, 2016, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on its website a brochure (cartilha) on child custody, international abduction of children, and violence against women. (MINISTÉRIO DAS RELAÇÕES EXTERIORES, DISPUTA DE...
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Brazil: Federal Supreme Court Rules All Couples Have the Same Inheritance Rights
(May 17, 2017) In a ruling issued on May 10, 2017, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) determined that, for the purpose of inheritance rights, “stable unions” and marriages have the same legal value, providing partners in...
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Brazil: Federal Supreme Court Changes Its Understanding of Enforcement of Sentences
(Mar. 11, 2016) On February 17, 2016, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) ruled that requiring a defendant to start serving a sentence after an intermediate appellate court’s confirmation of a criminal conviction does not offend...
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International Business
Jurisprudence Update in International Private Law in Brazil
Jurisprudence Update in International Private Law in Brazil Two recent decisions by the Judicial System in Brazil may affect interests of foreign investors in Brazil. 1980 Vienna Convention Enforcement in Brazil For the first time, a Brazilian Tribunal forced a...
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Import License in Brazil: RADAR and SISCOMEX
The RADAR, short term for Registro e Rastreamento da Atuação dos Intervenientes Aduaneiros, is a license created by the Brazilian Federal Revenue agency that grants to Companies holding it access to the SISCOMEX, a integrated system necessary for the practice of...
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Brazil: New Law Taxes Online Audio and Video Streaming Services
(Jan. 10, 2017) A complementary law enacted on December 29, 2016, by the Brazilian federal government amended the services tax law (Imposto sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza, ISS, Lei Complementar No. 116, de 31 de Julho de 2003, PLANALTO) to allow for...
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Do you want to sell overseas?
1. BRAZIL IS THE WORLD’S 6th LARGEST ECONOMY Brazil is by far the largest South American economy. Then it is the 6th of the World, according to the IMF Data from 2015. The fact is normally missed by investors planning overseas expansions. Brazil’s economy overweighs...
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Brazil: Program Will Reduce Red-Tape in Opening or Closing a Company
Brazil: Program Will Reduce Red-Tape in Opening or Closing a Company (Mar. 2, 2015) On February 26, 2015, the federal government launched a program (Programa Bem Mais Simples Brasil) to reduce the government paperwork involved when opening or closing...
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