Efforts ramp up to find girl allegedly abducted by Grandparents in Calgary and taken overseas
Calgary police confirm a Canada-wide arrest warrant related to child abduction has been issued for the grandparents of a seven-year-old girl as her father desperately tries to find her. Justin Coutts told Global News he last saw his daughter on July 2, before she headed off on holidays with her maternal grandparents. They were supposed […]
The legal issues around international parental child abductions
Opinion: over 1,400 parental child abductions occur annually in Europe and can be very stressful and difficult to deal with for all involved Globalisation has contributed to the increased movement of people around the world. People set up home together and sometimes have children in different cultures and countries. However, if a relationship breaks down, […]
Writ Of Habeas Corpus Can Be Issued For Restoration of Custody of Minor to the Parent Wrongfully Deprived Of It: Punjab And Haryana High Court
Holding that habeas corpus can be issued for restoration of custody of minor to the parent wrongfully deprived of it, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently granted relief to a father who had filed a petition alleging illegal custody by his wife and her parents. The High Court went on to rely on the […]
American father wins custody of child after divorce from Japanese woman
OSAKA A Nicaraguan-born man who lives in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has been awarded custody of his 9-year-old daughter, ending a four-year court battle with his former Japanese wife. Moises Garcia married Emiko Inoue in 2002 and settled in Wisconsin where their daughter Karina was born the same year. However, Emiko took the girl […]
U.S. House Eyes Measure against Japan over Parental Child Abductions
Washington, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. House Foreign Affairs subcommittee is drafting new legislation aimed at making it easier for the State Department to take strict measures against Japan to settle cross-border parental child abductions. “Japan apparently does not recognize the concept of joint custody,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-New Jersey), co-chairman of the House Human […]
Advocates call out Japan for one-parent, overseas abductions of American children
BY WYATT OLSON• STARS AND STRIPES • SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 Just over 10,800 American children were victims of so-called international parental child abduction from 2009 through 2019, according to a 2020 report by the Congressional Research Service. A New Jersey congressman and other advocates urged the State Department to use the strongest enforcement tools passed by Congress in 2014 for […]
Japon : Takaya Teton enlevé par sa mère japonaise lorsque son père canadien prenait une douche.
English Video – Sous titres en Français 日本語字幕 English Explanation at the bottom Le titre aussi surprenant qu’il soit est malheureusement vrai. En vacances au Japon, le fils d’Henrik Teton (Canada) a été enlevé par sa mère lorsque son père prenait une douche dans leur hôtel. Depuis son père se bas pour son fils, mais […]
Child Recovery Specialists
Do two wrongs ever make a right? The use of ‘child recovery specialists’ in international parental child abduction cases Sarah Cecilie Finkelstein Waters Desperate parents of parentally abducted children are increasingly turning to hired help to retrieve their children from their abducting parents. For a (often considerable) fee ‘child recovery specialists’ promise to covertly recover […]
Khabarovsk woman protests against kidnapping at the Olympic stadium in Tokyo
In Japan, a Khabarovsk resident Karina Kakhiani fights for the opportunity to see her son regularly. The day before, she spent a day, demonstrating at the stadium, where the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place in a week. 11:19, July 16th, 2021 Several years ago, Karina married a Japanese man, […]
In Lebanon, Mothers Have Limited Custody Rights after Divorce
As in many countries, women in Lebanon are discriminated against, facilitated by the existence of 15 religion-based personal status laws. One of these laws determines children’s custody in case of a divorce and prevents mothers from raising their children. The accidental death of women’s rights activist Nadine Jouni on 6 October 2019 while she was on her […]
