Category: Joint custody

Senate Resolution: Resolve Cases of Children Abducted by Parents Across International Borders

August 2, 2012

I’m pleased to report that Senator Barbara Boxer of California introduced a resolution today (August 2, 2012 ) to condemn International Parental Child Abduction, asking that more be done to prevent and resolve our children’s abduction cases. In introducing the resolution, she and fellow Senators Lautenberg, Kerry, Lugar, and Inhofe are responding to the frustration … More Senate Resolution: Resolve Cases of Children Abducted by Parents Across International Borders

Studies (Again) Reveal Pathogenic Outcome for Children Taken Away from Daddy

July 5, 2012

“In our half-century of international research, we’ve not found any other class of experience that has as strong and consistent an effect on personality as does the experience of rejection — especially by parents in childhood,” says co-author Ronald Rohner, whose study appears in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review. “In many instances, fathers … More Studies (Again) Reveal Pathogenic Outcome for Children Taken Away from Daddy

Takao Tanase: The Hague Convention and Japan’s Parent-Child Law

June 16, 2012

Gradually, common-sense and knowledgeable voices have been appearing within Japan that are able to articulate the harmfulness and legal deadlocks created by Japanese legalized kidnapping as a response to divorce.  It is a rare pleasure to be able to put forth here in English the words of one of those who have taken the  long-standing … More Takao Tanase: The Hague Convention and Japan’s Parent-Child Law