Nasser v. Nasser

Plaintiff Joelle Nasser and defendant Ezequiel Nasser were married in Belgium in 1979. Shortly before the marriage Joelle and Ezequiel entered into a prenuptial agreement in Belgium pursuant to which, among other things, they adopted, with certain modifications, the community property regime of the Belgian Civil Code. Joelle and Ezequiel subsequently moved to and established their marital residence in Brazil and both are citizens of that country.

In December 2003 Ezequiel commenced a matrimonial action against Joelle in the Brazilian courts. The Brazilian courts have issued several orders in…