This is an open secret, even to IRS in USA that many American citizens marrying foreign nationals may hide their assets in such foreign countries where their spouses are from.
A typical example: an American businessman gets married with a China lady and in order to avoid high-rate taxes levied by IRS, the American husband keeps quite a bit of cash in the bank account…
It has almost been two years till we attained this long-awaited victory for our client, removing the blockage for the two-foreigner couple to divorce in China court.
Indeed, at the time of receiving the decision of the appellate court, the client and us almost gave up. We didn’t because there was no other solution…
According to news from Beijing Court Network on February 4, 2021, Beijing Fangshan District Court applied the new provisions in China Civil Code and awarded compensation to the full-time housewife in a divorce case for the first time.
In the case, the full-time housewife Wang claimed that she was entitled to housework compensation because she was responsible…
Since January 1, 2021, with the promulgation of the Civil Code, the cooling-off period of divorce has been officially implemented in the divorce registration process, which has aroused widespread concern in the society. Some people suggest that this is conducive to preventing impulsive divorce and providing the spouse with the opportunity to repair their…
Cross-border marriages are no longer rare in China, so are cross-border divorces in China.
People who are about to get married have increasingly used pre-nuptial agreements to plan for their financial life after marriage. We have helped quite a few clients draft such pre-nuptial agreements.
However, please note post-marriage nuptial agreement may be void…
With more and more foreigners working and living in China, we have received quite a number of inquiries from foreigners who wish to divorce their spouses in China who are also foreigners.
But what is the take of Chinese courts regarding jurisdiction over such cases? In other words, if such a case is submitted to China courts…
Pretty often I am approached by clients or by foreign peer attorneys inquiring about how they should deal with their China properties when they divorce in a foreign jurisdiction.
Some of them are too late when they call me. Kate (not the inquirer’s true name) is one of them.
She has been living with her husband in California for many years and now is the process…
Jason Tian, the blogger, Senior Partner at Shanghai Landing Law Offices. You can reach him at: [email protected] or [email protected], or call him directly at+86-13816548421 (also his WhatsApp)
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