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Mom prevails as top court upholds ruling in high-profile custody rights case

National / Crime & Legal Jul 14, 2017

Mom prevails as top court upholds ruling in high-profile custody rights case

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision that granted a mother custody of her 9-year-old daughter, finalizing a high-profile dispute over custody rights. After the couple separated in May 2010, their relationship worsened. The woman then absconded with the daughter without her husband's consent, the ...

Parental abduction victims hold rally to push for joint custody rights

National / Social Issues May 5, 2017

Parental abduction victims hold rally to push for joint custody rights

by Daisuke Kikuchi

Parents deprived of their children held a rally Friday to push for introducing joint custody to the Japanese legal system and to raise awareness of the plight faced by their offspring when marriages fall apart. Marching through the Asakusa district in Tokyo's Taito Ward, about ...

'Good parent' ditched in custody case reversal

National / Crime & Legal Jan 27, 2017

'Good parent' ditched in custody case reversal

A father who won legal custody of his daughter last year based on the “good parent rule” on visitation loses custody in an appeal ruling based on “continuation.”

World / Crime & Legal Mar 8, 2016

U.S. top court strikes down Alabama rejection of lesbian's parental rights over adopted trio

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned an Alabama judicial ruling that had refused to recognize a gay woman's parental rights over three children she adopted with her lesbian partner and raised from birth. The court took the relatively unusual step of reversing the Alabama ...

National Oct 8, 2015

Lawyer calls for government financial aid for children who strip parents of custody

The current legal system for suspending parental custody of children for up to two years has proven to be successful, with advocates saying it allows victims of abuse or neglect to seek suspension of parental custody on their own. But some experts are calling for ...

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