Hague Convention

Federal courts won't usually hear New Jersey divorce matters, so this case was initially rejected. However, this was a mistake. Here, the facts involved federal statutes under the international Hague Convention. Because these claims were not raised in the pending New Jersey state court custody action, the federal court's involvement would not have interfered with the state court proceedings. Since federal courts are explicitly granted jurisdiction to determine custody disputes under the Hague Convention, the lower court's dismissal is reversed.  Yang v. Tsui, ___ F.3d.___ ,(3d Cir. 2005), August 2, 2005.