last week, Lauren & Alexei: After 90 days Viewers watched their parents snap during their trip to Israel.
They are against the idea of moving and do not object in a sensible way. If anything, they are pushing her away.
Both Marlene and Brian rubbed Alexei in particular the wrong way. He didn’t like to hear them treating his hometown as uninhabitable or worthless to his family.
But according to one expert, Lauren’s parents may actually have a point. Only one, but still.
Kathleen Martinez is an immigration attorney. If, like us, you’re comically following her fiancée news on her 90th, her name is familiar.
she spoke in touch every week This week, we offer her legal opinion on this whole mess with Lauren, Alexei, Brian and Marlene.
If Lauren were a client of hers, she would recommend rethinking for the same reason Brian raised: Custody Act.
Simply put, whenever you decide where to move, you are agreeing to a potentially very different set of rules regarding property, behavior, marriage, and child custody.
“Israel has some difficult custody laws,” Martinez characterized.
She said, “If Lauren and Alexei happen to get divorced there, Lauren will use Israeli custody laws because they’re using their laws and systems.”
Martinez continued, “I wouldn’t recommend getting a divorce and going through custody proceedings there.”
I mean, “if she were my client,” she added. Neither Lauren is.
It’s not that Israel is some kind of lawless hell. Much can be said about the rest of the country’s policies, but family and custody laws have their strengths and weaknesses, just like in any other country.
Martinez explained that the legal system is very complicated and custody rulings can be very situational.
“Israel has adopted the Tender Age Doctrine,” she noted.
In the case of a tentative divorce, that seems to be in favor of Lauren, right?
“But it is possible to appeal this,” warned Kathleen Martinez.
So, to be clear, it doesn’t sound like she’s saying that Lauren would abandon her family if she moved to Israel.
Rather, she simply explains that the uncertainty of the country’s custody laws and what consequences it might have for their families make this an inadvisable one. From a personal legal point of view.
This is especially consistent with Brian’s concerns.
He told his daughter that he should at least look into Israeli custody laws before considering moving.
No one wants to imagine that a happy marriage will come to an end. But even for happy couples, bitter divorces can happen. probably, especially to the happy couple.
But this is not the same as saying, “Hey, Brian was right, stuff it in.”
First and foremost, he started saying this whole thing is wrong. He found Lauren and his viewers ignorant of various laws. To imagine that any country except yours has a barbaric custody policy No Great look.
And it sounded insulting. No one will take you seriously when you talk like this.
The second big problem with all of this is that Bryan isn’t just an immigration attorney reviewing articles. he is her father
She hears her father say her marriage may be doomed…that she can’t handle the move. And her family would fall apart. Obviously it has to hurt.
Even the most sensible and well-informed messages sometimes require the right messenger.