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Originally Posted by ozkai
You wouldn't stand a chance in hell of getting your kids of of Japan legally.
This is definitely recognized in the US and Australian courts.
For the child/ren to stay in Japan would mean the non Japanese partner could kiss them goodbye for a long time.
You would be successful in your home country.
Japan is not a party to the Hague convention agreement on Child abduction.
Japan ranks up their as a first child abduction friendly country in the world.
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I'm still not sure taking his child out of the country without his partner's permission is the way to go. I know Japan isn't part of the Hague Convention, thus the Japanese partner can keep the child and not have to give it up, however other countries
are apart of the Hague Convention. So should he move back to the US/UK or wherever he'd be essentially abducting his child and the child would be sent back, or at least I'm sure this is the case, I could probably find some evidence for or against this given a few minutes.
Whilst it's true he wouldn't have much of a chance in court at the very least he'd have a shot at visitation and such things, and it's a hell of a better chance than simply running off (illegally) with his children. What would happen say if she reported him to the police that he was taking the kids and he was stopped at the airport? They'd be hell to pay for him. I think your advice of 'take them and run' is
very short-sighted and detrimental to his chances in court, which are very slim as it is.