Japan's custody laws criticised for incentivising child abduction | ABC News

Описание: Japan is an outlier among wealthy nations in not recognising joint custody, where both parents can spend time with their children after a break-up.
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Rather, the legal system will grant full control and responsibility to the parent who was last taking care of the child, stating it's in the child's best interest to stay at their "usual place of residence".

These laws have been criticised as incentivising child abduction, as a parent can secretly relocate their child or children and then claim custody when the courts become involved.

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