Child Abduction
An Australian man faces the prospect of three years in jail in Japan after a desperate bid to track down his two young children, who were taken by their mother in May without his consent…
The extent of her deception is by now well known to most, especially after it was revealed in sordid detail in a 60 Minutes special last year…
In 2014, Japan ratified an international convention that will reduce international child snatching and help return children to their home country..
A lawyer representing schoolgirl Layla Leisha has obtained a Family Court order allowing a public appeal for information about her whereabouts…
A mother who abducted her three-year-old son and secreted him to Europe for 2½ years has been handed a 28-day good behaviour bond by the District Court of NSW…
A child who was abducted by his mother and taken to Europe will live with his father full time in Australia — and spend no time with his mother…
The Family Court of Australia has rejected an attempt by New Zealand authorities to secure the return of two boys who were unlawfully taken to Sydney by their mother after the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, finding that the children would be further traumatised if they were ordered home…
After years of refusing to sign, Japan on Jan. 24 officially joined the Hague convention that governs cross-border child custody disputes that result from broken marriages…
A MOTHER who sparked an international search after she absconded with her son to Europe has been found guilty of taking the child out of the country without permission…
For the past six years, an unassuming home in a quiet pocket of Sunshine Coast suburbia has housed the answer to a two-decade mystery…