No. 18-5197

Akash Dixit v. Tanya Singh Dixit

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2018-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: child-abduction divorce-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption foreign-nationals hague-convention hague-convention-on-child-abduction immigration immigration-status international-child-abduction international-law jurisdictional-limits state-court-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Immigration Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2018-11-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the state court of last resort err in ignoring/condoning illegal retention of a foreign-citizen-child by the Respondent in the US, putting the US in violation of the international treaty of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Convention), Oct. 24, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99 711 to which the US is a signatory? The treaty has been duly codified in 42 U.S.C. 11601 to 11610 transferred to 22 U.S.C. 9001 to 9010.

Do the state courts of the US have jurisdiction to decide over divorce cases of foreign nationals who, at the time of filing of divorce petition, were residing in their own country with no legal or bona fide status to be in the US? OR, do the state courts have the authority to give legitimacy to use marriage or divorce as a ruse to hide flagrant attempt of illegal immigration? Please note that during the period of filing of the divorce the parties were denied entry by the US embassy in that foreign nation to enter the US several times.

Did the state court of last resort err and is in violation of the established principles of law that courts of civilized countries act within the jurisdictional limits set up by the legislature and are required to address duly posed jurisdictional defenses before proceeding? In this question, it is not so much as the action of the Supreme Court of Georgia that is in question, but rather its inaction.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the state court err in ignoring/condoning illegal retention of a foreign-citizen-child by the respondent, violating the Hague Convention?

Docket Entries

2018-11-19
Rehearing DENIED.
2018-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-10-16
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-07
Letter of August 7, 2018, received from the Georgia Department of Law withdrawing the waiver.
2018-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2018)

Attorneys

Akash Dixit
Akash Dixit — Petitioner