{"id":13607,"date":"2015-10-26T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13607"},"modified":"2015-10-26T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:27:33","slug":"paul-toland-case-update-japan-as-a-black-hole-for-parental-child-abductions-family-court-lawsuit-press-conference-to-raise-awareness-of-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13607","title":{"rendered":"Paul Toland Case Update: Japan as a “black hole” for parental child abductions — Family Court lawsuit & press conference to raise awareness of issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. One longstanding case that Debito.org has been following, among others, has been the Paul Toland Case<\/a>, where his Japanese wife abducted their child aged 9 months, then committed suicide four years later, whereupon\u00a0the grandmother claimed custody and cut off access\u00a0with the child’s only remaining parent. More details below.<\/p>\n

Godspeed to a satisfactory resolution, Paul. Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

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Custody case a test for Japan, says U.S. father seeking access to girl held by grandmother<\/strong>
\n BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI, STAFF WRITER<\/strong>
\n The Japan Times, OCT 26, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

A U.S. man seeking access to his daughter said Monday that the case is an opportunity for Japan to prove to the world it no longer tolerates parental child abduction.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Paul Toland is suing the mother of his Japanese ex-wife for denying access to his 13-year-old daughter.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

His former wife left with the child in 2003, at the age of 9 months, after their marriage failed. The woman committed suicide four years later.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toland said his situation would amount to a \u201cfelony crime\u201d in other countries with up-to-date family laws.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn Japan, this abduction by a nonparent is not only accepted, but it is condoned. I\u2019m the only parent in the world to (my daughter),\u201d Toland said, who is in Japan for the first time since the trial at the Tokyo Family Court kicked off in July.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toland said if the case is resolved it would demonstrate to the world that Japan is turning over a new leaf after years of notoriety as a \u201csafe haven\u201d for parental child abduction. If his daughter is not returned to him, he said, it will only alienate the nation further.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan joined The Hague Convention on cross-border parental child kidnapping in 2014. The pact does not apply in Toland\u2019s case because the abduction was within Japan \u2014 Toland\u2019s family was based in Yokohama at the time. In addition to this, the convention cannot be applied retroactively.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we expect Japan to ever resolve more complicated divorce, child custody issues if it cannot even resolve this very straightforward case, which does not involve divorce and where one parent is deceased and the nonparent is withholding a child above the parent who wants to care for her?\u201d he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rest of the article at
\nhttp:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2015\/10\/26\/national\/crime-legal\/custody-case-test-japan-says-u-s-father-seeking-access-girl-held-grandmother\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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U.S. father calls for return of his daughter at Japan family court<\/strong>
\n By May Masangkay<\/strong>
\n TOKYO, Oct. 26, Kyodo News, courtesy of TK<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/english.kyodonews.jp\/photos\/2015\/10\/381123.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The American father of a 13-year-old daughter urged at a Japanese family court on Monday to give him back custody of his daughter, who is now under the custody of her grandmother following the death of his former Japanese wife in 2007.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“If Japan rules as it should in favor of my daughter’s right to know and love her father, then it will truly be a threshold step for Japan, and Japan will be closer to joining the rest of the international community as a nation that respects the basic fundamental bond between a parent and a child,” Capt. Paul Toland of the U.S. Navy told a press conference in Tokyo.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruling against his claim will “truly alienate Japan from rest of the international community” and “show that Japan is simply out of touch with the rest of the world in their lack of understanding for basic fundamental parent rights,” said the 48-year-old father based in Hawaii.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toland is in Japan to appear for the first time in the Tokyo Family Court to appeal his case, which is not a cross-border dispute, in not seeing his daughter for years.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

He urged the Japanese court to make the right decision to return the child to him since he is the sole living parent since his wife died. Toland has since remarried and wants to take his daughter to Hawaii.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the family court, the mother of his former wife has disputed Toland’s appeal. The father lodged a lawsuit with the court in July.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toland’s lawyer Akira Ueno, who was present at the same press conference, said his client received in writing from the grandmother’s side that the daughter “does not want to see” her father.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ueno said the grandmother’s side claims that things are fine the way it is now, as the girl goes to school and is engaged in club activities, an argument which the lawyer says is not acceptable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As his case is not a cross-border dispute, Toland cannot seek the return of his daughter under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which took effect in Japan in April last year. The treaty is designed to help settle cross-border child custody disputes due to failed marriages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The pact is also not retroactive, only dealing with cases occurring after its entry into force.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With Japan joining the pact and many Japanese politicians becoming vocal about changing Japan’s response to parental child abductions, Toland said he sees “some hope for change in Japan.” Before Tokyo acceded to the treaty, the country had been accused of being a “safe haven” for international child abductions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

His daughter was 9 months old when his wife left him in 2003 before proceedings for a divorce concluded and custody was given to the wife.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toland has been asking to see and live with his daughter, but his request for access or visitation through government channels, in line with the Hague pact, has been rejected by the grandmother’s side. Since 2003, he has seen his daughter only several times.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Even in cases occurring before the Hague treaty took effect in a country concerned, parents can seek assistance for visitations under the pact.<\/em><\/strong>
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Japan Times: A U.S. man seeking access to his daughter said Monday that the case is an opportunity for Japan to prove to the world it no longer tolerates parental child abduction. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Paul Toland is suing the mother of his Japanese ex-wife for denying access to his 13-year-old daughter. His former wife left with the child in 2003, at the age of 9 months, after their marriage failed. The woman committed suicide four years later.<\/p>\n

Toland said his situation would amount to a \u201cfelony crime\u201d in other countries with up-to-date family laws. \u201cIn Japan, this abduction by a nonparent is not only accepted, but it is condoned. I\u2019m the only parent in the world to (my daughter),\u201d Toland said, who is in Japan for the first time since the trial at the Tokyo Family Court kicked off in July. Toland said if the case is resolved it would demonstrate to the world that Japan is turning over a new leaf after years of notoriety as a \u201csafe haven\u201d for parental child abduction. If his daughter is not returned to him, he said, it will only alienate the nation further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,49,34,50,35,15,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-child-abductions","category-exclusionism","category-gaiatsu","category-good-news","category-lawsuits","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}