In Japan, Child-Abusing Parents Retain Parental Rights

In Japan, Child-Abusing Parents Retain Parental Rights


Several facts stood out to me from the recent report on the record-high number of child abuse cases in Japan in 2010. One was that in the previous three months, only seven petitions to temporarily suspend parental rights were presented to the court. And of those, only one was granted. Realize that these were not petitions to end parental rights, just to suspend them for up to two years.