Family Law Service of Process

• Family Law Service of Process and Jurisdiction Requirements Charts – By Type of Proceeding (March 2, 2021) (904) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/family-law-service-jurisdiction-charts *
• All State Services of Process and Jurisdiction Charts – By State (October 20, 2021) (12366) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/all-state-family-law-jurisdiction-and-service-of-process-charts *

 Custody, Immigrant Survivors and Children

• Custody for Abused Immigrants: Tips, Tools and Best Practices (November 15, 2018) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/custodywbnr11-15-18 * (66)
• When State Family Law and Federal Immigration Law Intersect: Promoting Access to the Courts and Just Outcomes for Immigrants for the New Mexico Judicial Education Center (September 25, 2017).  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/september-15-2017-promoting-just-outcomes-courts. * (55)
• Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and Ability to Sponsor Children (December 30, 2021) (6) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-chart-immstatus *
• Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims (October 13, 2013, Updated November 30, 2021) (496 http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/common-imm-issues-custody-cases *
• NIWAP Newsletter, Child Custody in Immigrant Families (November 15, 2018, Update October 27, 2021) (12370)  https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/2018-10-child-custody-newsletter
• When Family and Immigration Laws Intersect: Case Law and Department of Homeland Security Policy Update (September 30, 2021) (12477) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/immigration-status-in-custody-cases *
• Best Interests of the Child Laws – State-by-State Comparison Maps and Charts (Updated July 7, 2021) (12450) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/best-interest-of-the-child *
• Flight Risk of Foreign-Born Parents with Children (June 12, 2021) (2495) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/flight-risk-of-parents-with-children *
• Obtaining Custody of Children for Battered Immigrants^*** (Winter 2017) (234) https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270 ***

• Winning Custody Cases for Immigrant Survivors: The Clash of Laws, Cultures, Custody and Parental Rights: Family and Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly Fall 2016/Winter 2017*** (252) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/winning-custody-article-2017 ***
  • Fall 2016: (253) https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article_abstract.php?pid=6&iid=1269&aid=8304 ***
  • Winter 2017: (234) https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270 ***
• Custody of Children in Mixed Status Families: Preventing the Misunderstanding and Misuse of Immigration Status in State-Court Custody Proceedings (Summer 2013) (2109) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/custody-in-mixed-status-families **
• Chapter 06.1: Countering Abuser’s Attempts to Raise Victim’s Immigration Status in Custody Cases (July 1, 2013) (105)  http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-1-counterabuserraisingimmstatus/ **
• Chapter 06.3: The Implications of the Hague International Child Abduction Convention: Cases and Practice (July 1, 2013) (249) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-3-hagueintlchildabduction/ **
• Border Crossings: Understanding the Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Implications for Battered Immigrants Fleeing Across State Lines with Their Children (12420) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/border-crossings-battered-immigrants-fleeing-across-state-lines-children **
• David B. Thronson, Custody and Contradictions: Exploring Immigration Law as Federal Family in the Context of Child Custody, 59 Hastings L.J. 453 (July 6, 2008). (12415) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=625594 +
• Working With Immigrant Victims of  Domestic Violence: Family Law and Immigration Relief, in Synergy The Newsletter of the Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody (Winter 2004) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-jrnl-resourcecntr-childprotectioncstdy2004 ** (12642)

Securing a Detained Parent’s Participation in Court Proceedings Involving Children

• Parental-Guardian Interests Directive: How to Get a Detained or Removed Person to Court for Family Court Cases Involving Children or Incapacitated Adults (July 12, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/how-to-get-a-detained-parent-to-court
• Press Release: ICE Extends Preservation of Parental Guardian Interests (July 14, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ice-parental-interests-press-release + (12641)

• ICE, 11064.3 Parental Guardian Interests Directive (July 14, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/parental-guardian-interests-directive + (12640)

Protection Orders

• Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 29, 2019) * (12499) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/protection-orders-bench-card
• Battering or Extreme Cruelty Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Orders and Family Law Cases (September 12, 2015) (104) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/extreme-cruelty-examples-protection-order-2/ **
• Seeking Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims^*** (Fall 2016) (298)  https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1269 ***
• Chapter 05.1: Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders (July 1, 2013) (254) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-1-imm-civil-protection-orders/ **

• Chapter 05.2: Ensuring Access to Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Family Violence (July 1, 2014) (241) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-2-access-protection-orders/ **

• Chapter 15: Jurisdictionally Sound Protection Orders (July 3, 2013) (492) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch5-3-jurisdictionallysound-cpos/ **

• Battered Immigrant Women in the United States and Protection Orders: An Exploratory Research (August 1, 2012) (240) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/battered-women-protection-order-research/ **

• Chapter 14.01: Protection Orders of Immigrant Victims for Sexual Assault (July 3, 2013) (495) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch14-protectionorders-sa **

• Unintended Consequences: How Civil Protection Orders Affect Immigrants, Delaware Lawyer’s Magazine (Fall 2018) (301)http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/wp-content/uploads/DELAW-FALL-2018.pdf **
• Creative Methods in Protecting Battered Immigrants (June 20, 2014) (190) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/creative-cpo-batimms/ *

• Immigrant Victims of Interpersonal Violence and Protection Orders (2020) (2545) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/immigrant-victims-and-protection-orders-2020 **
• Use and Outcomes of Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant Women (2006) (171) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-gov-nijtechnicalreportprotectionorders11-10-06 **

Divorce

• Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status (December 28, 2021) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/divorce-bench-card/ * (21)

• Immigration Concerns for Family Law Practitioners http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/family-law-journal-immigration-concerns-for-family-law-practitioners/ + (246)

Economic Relief

• Bench Card for State Court Judges on Common Issues that Arise From Parties’ Immigration Status: Economic Remedies (March 10, 2022) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/benchcard-economic-relief
• Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and Ability to Sponsor Children (December 30, 2021) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/fam-chart-immstatus * (6)

• Providing Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims: Child Support and Spousal Support^*** (Winter 2017)  https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article.php?pid=6&iid=1270 *** (237)
• Chapter 06.4: Ensuring Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims Through Family Law Proceedings: Child Support and Spousal Support (July 1, 2013) http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ch6-4-ensuring-econ-relief/ * (493)

Affidavits of Support Enforcement in State Courts

• Affidavits of Support and Enforceability Bench Card (September 30, 2021) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/affidavits-of-support-bench-card * (12387)
• ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Affidavits of Support and Obligations to Immigrant Spouses (October 2012) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/til-death-do-us-part + (250)
• Kumar vs. Kumar Success in Court (August 2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/kumar-vs-kumar-success-in-court * (12643)
• Kumar v. Kumar Decision California Court of Appeals (2017) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/aff-of-support-kumar-ca-app _+ (296)
• Amicus Curiae brief from National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project in Support of Appellant (September 16, 2016) Ashlyne Kumar https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/aff-support-niwap-amicus-kumar ** (606)

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