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There are many couples in California today who married in a foreign country. Some of those countries may recognize Community Property rights of spouses beginning at marriage, and same may not. Certainly, however, California has a strong public policy of enforcing Community Property rights of married spouses, even despite the existence of a foreign premarital agreement.

One of the most traumatic and complex legal problems a single-parent immigrant to the United States can face is an allegation by foreign co-parent that he or she abducted their child from their home country, or is wrongly retaining their child in the United States, thereby depriving the foreign parent of their lawful rights to custody and care of the child.

Remarkably, one of the most common soldier assistance requests I get as a Judge Advocate comes from a company commander of a deployed service member who is not paying spousal or child support to their dependent(s).