Do foreign courts rule on child custody agreements and financial settlements?
No, as a general rule they concentrate only on the divorce itself. The purpose of this is to restore your legal status as a single person. This allows you to do carry on with your personal and professional life. You can choose to remarry, to submit tax returns and claim allowances, carry on businesses or start new ones etc etc just as a single person would, without worrying about your spouse. Financial and custody settlements in the form of a Post Nuptial Agreement can be incorported into an international divorce. The International Express Divorce Kit includes examples of such agreements drafted by lawyers that you can use in your own situation. If you are unable to reach an agreement with your spouse, then such matters will continue to be heard by your local courts. This can take many months or years. The good thing is that an offshore divorce allows you to be divorced and remarried without having to wait for the termination of these court hearings. Is an offshore divorce useful for a
