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I was an investigator for child protection for 20 years. Leaving a minor child alone and unsupervised while you are traveling out of the country for 3 weeks would be considered child abandonment and endangerment in most jurisdictions. Leaving a minor child alone is an incredibly irresponsible act. Find a friend or family member the kid can stay with. Leave a written, signed statement that you have left the child with this person and you consent to any emergency treatment or intervention the kid might need, and put in writing the date you will return. And pay the temporary guardians well. Otherwise, you might very well return to find your child in state custody and yourself facing charges or even arrest.

This is a very common thing—much more common than most people realize.Is it a dangerous road to travel? All changes in a relationship are dangerous. Having a child is dangerous. Moving is dangerous. Getting a new job is dangerous. Losing a job is dangerous. Having an illness in the family is dangerous. All these things are stressors on a relationship. Having sex with another person with the consent of your spouse is no more dangerous than any of these things.Indeed, it might be less dangerous; peer-reviewed studies suggest consensually non-monogamous people have better relationship satisfaction and more stable marriages than baseline.And here’s the thing: not having sex in a marriage is a dangerous road to travel. Many, many relationships end because one spouse unilaterally stops having sex with the other.Would I do it? Yes. But I’m non-monogamous already.

In October of 2015 my son and his mother went to Japan for a holiday for about a month. This holiday was extended to 3 months. They had return tickets. At the end of the 3 months the mother refused to return with our son to Australia. She prevented me returning with him to Australia by withholding his travel documents. She retained him in Japan without consent i.e. abducted him. I attempted to use the Hague Convention to have my son returned to his home in Australia. However, this failed.The Osaka family court ruled that:My son’s place of habitual residence was Australia prior to the holiday,I had given consent for him to stay and live in Japan without meI submitted to the court unequivocal evidence in the form of instant messages which I had sent to the mother saying that they must return as originally planned. Unfortunately, the judges of the Osaka Family Court ignored this evidence.I appealed to the Osaka High Court. They ruled that:My son’s place of habitual residence was never Australia prior to the holidayThe Osaka High Court ignored that fact that my family had settled and lived in Australia for over 12 months prior to the holiday. They ignored that my son and his mother went to Japan only on a holiday. My son was born in Japan.The Osaka High Court denied my appeal.The Japanese Hague courts legitimise international parental child abduction under the treaty which was designed to prevent such an act occurring. The Australian Government has been silent on this issue.Since January 2016, my son has only been allowed to spend a total of 4 hours face to face time with me (over 3 separate visits). 2 hours of this has been at train stations in Japan. All aspects of these visits have been dictated by the mother.There appears to be no legal recourse for parental child abduction in Japan because there are no actual laws protecting the rights of the child to have both parents, and families in their life. The abducting parent calls all the shots as court orders are not effectively enforced by the authorities. It seems that children are treated as mere objects and/or property of the abducting parent. Child abduction is child abuse. It must be stopped.If you are interested in reading more about this issue, I regularly add news articles to my online petition here: Sign the Petition