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Civil Code defines parental rights

Darryl McGarry, in his Oct. 25 letter, "Family register defines reality," is right to feel consternation with the family register system, which certainly needs revision. I know how important — and, at times, frustrating — registration can be; I wen... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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24 Oct 09		Family register defines reality  »  Japan Times I read with consternation William Wetherall's Oct. 11 letter, "Passive influence on family law," which assessed the weight of the family register (koseki) in the Japanese bureaucratic and legal system. From personal experience, the overriding importance...
21 May 07		Women test exception for registration of newborns  »  Japan Times Taking advantage of a new exception to the law that defines a child born within 300 days of a divorce as the former husband's, 20 women across the nation applied Monday to register their children... Read more . . .
11 Jul 08		Campaigners call for dual custody of children  »  Japan Times Foreigners who have divorced their Japanese spouses are often denied access to their children. This is because Article 819 of the Civil Code stipulates that only one of the parents can have parental rights following a divorce, causing family courts to...
15 Mar 09		Family court moves fast to get treatment for boy  »  Japan Times A family court, acting with unusual speed, took less than one day to suspend the parental rights of a couple who refused to let their son have a blood transfusion last summer, according to sources close to the matter. The couple cited "religious...
02 Aug 09		Lowering the legal age  »  Japan Times A panel of the Justice Ministry's Legislative Council has proposed lowering the legal age under the Civil Code from 20 to 18. The council is expected to hand the proposal to the justice minister in September. A Civil Code revision will entail revision of...

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