International Family Law - Family Law Across the U.S. and India

International Family Law examines how family law disputes are handled across different legal systems, cultures, and jurisdictions. Through in-depth conversations with leading international practitioners, the series explores forum selection, property and support regimes, child custody, enforcement challenges, and conflicts of law, with each discussion grounded in practical comparisons to California family law. In this episode, Ranjit Malhotra and Mrunalini Deshmukh explore international family law disputes between India and the United States. The conversation covers forum selection and jurisdictional strategy across India's personal law frameworks, international child abduction in the context of India's non-signatory status under the 1980 Hague Convention, child custody standards and the recognition of foreign custody orders, relocation and move-away considerations, marital property and asset division, support obligations, and the enforcement of California judgments in India. Alphonse Provinziano of Provinziano & Associates moderates the conversation by drawing comparisons to California law, contextualizing India's diverse legal frameworks for U.S.-based practitioners, and probing practical enforcement and litigation strategies across borders.