Need help on a specific case

[thisxyz]

I was wondering if anybody had any experience around the following scenario: My friend lives here legally, he married a girl in his home country in there and new he has a divorce process going on in his home country. Marriage was not related with US but he received a letter from Home Country’s Consulate that he needs show up and declare his properties (homes, cars, bank accounts, ...) to them.

I was wondering if any Consulates to US have rights to ask these types of information and if my friend does not show up what can they do? Can they start a search for bank accounts or homes he owns?

I would really appreciate if anybody has any information around this.

 

[Isis1]

Well, is the home country a participant of the Hague Convention?

 

[LdiJ]

I was wondering if anybody had any experience around the following scenario: My friend lives here legally, he married a girl in his home country in there and new he has a divorce process going on in his home country. Marriage was not related with US but he received a letter from Home Country’s Consulate that he needs show up and declare his properties (homes, cars, bank accounts, ...) to them.

I was wondering if any Consulates to US have rights to ask these types of information and if my friend does not show up what can they do? Can they start a search for bank accounts or homes he owns?

I would really appreciate if anybody has any information around this.

No, the consulate does not have that power or authority. Consulates can and will sometimes try to coerce someone into cooperating, but they do not have that kind of authority.

I suppose they could hire a PI to research him if they wanted to, but I doubt that's a service that a consulate has the budget for to provide to their citizens.

 

[mistoffolees]

No, the consulate does not have that power or authority. Consulates can and will sometimes try to coerce someone into cooperating, but they do not have that kind of authority.

I suppose they could hire a PI to research him if they wanted to, but I doubt that's a service that a consulate has the budget for to provide to their citizens.

More importantly, even if they can find that he has certain resources, the other country would not have jurisdiction here. They would need to file suit in the US, as well as in the foreign country - with no guarantee that they would succeed.

That said, the person should give their ex a fair portion of any marital assets.

 

[thisxyz]

I did research for him, based on the information in the internet, yes the country is part of The Hague Conference. Would this be creating different result?

 

[LdiJ]

I did research for him, based on the information in the internet, yes the country is part of The Hague Conference. Would this be creating different result?

Not unless child custody was involved.

 

[thisxyz]

No, the consulate does not have that power or authority. Consulates can and will sometimes try to coerce someone into cooperating, but they do not have that kind of authority.

I suppose they could hire a PI to research him if they wanted to, but I doubt that's a service that a consulate has the budget for to provide to their citizens.

He lives in NC and I just learned home property records are public in there already. Does that not mean that his home country consulates already knows what he has?

 

[thisxyz]

Not unless child custody was involved.

Thank you LdiJ for all the information you gave. They did not have children. His wife was here only 30 days and she went back to home in 2002. Now the divorce started in 2009.