For instance, there was case in which the father from the US was arrested in Japan for “kidnapping” his own children for taking them into his home country for vacation (yep you heard that right) since the court ruled that his own daughters are in the custody of the mother (who is a Japanese national) as there’s a custody battle, however the issue is that there’s a big difference on how family laws differ between the Japan and other countries.

In their case, Japan doesn’t recognize 50/50 shared custody and the child inherits the same nationality (citizenship) as the parent who has legal custody over them even though the non custodial parent is legally married to the partner but the divider is over their passport (dad is an US citizen while mom has Japanese citizenship). The thing is, CPS only has jurisdiction in their own borders (closest thing to cite via law is the hague convention).

  • YabbaDabbaDipshit@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Cps itself can’t extradite but taking children abroad during a custody battle without consent from the mother or the courts is a federal crime and the feds definitely can extradite.

  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 days ago

    So there is a court ruling that the mother had sole custody. And the father tried to take the kids out of the country, possibly without the mother’s knowledge. That is probably illegally moving your children abroad. The fact that they are your own flesh and blood is superseded by the mothereffing courts. Whether you agree with it or not is irrelevant. So you have to stuff the kids into a big suitcase like any upstanding CEO of an automobile conglomerate or just not leave the country.

    There is a lot of meat on the Japan has catching up to do in regards to international custody battles bone. They favor the Japanese national, often unfairly, I think - although that’s a topic for debate for people who are more knowledgeable. However, you can’t take the law into your own hands just because you don’t agree with the decisions. And CPS could talk to the Japanese authorities if they want to (and can manage). But they can do eff all. The better point of contact would be the US embassy in Tokyo. They may not be able to do anything either but if anybody can intervene it’s them.