In the world,
there are many kinds of kidnaps for many reasons. This is something weird.
According to an
article, a boy, named Julian Hernandez and now 18 year-old, has been found in
Ohio since someone had kidnapped him in August 2002. This suspect was his real
father but he didn’t have a legal parental authority.
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These two photos
are Julian Hernandez.
Left one is when he was 5 year-old. Right one is current
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I’m very surprised reading this news. I think kidnap is committed by third person.
In general, when some people kidnap a person, they requires money or valuable things from his firmly or relatives to release his life, I think.
What do you think the clime like this is common in your country?
Reference
Julian Hernandez missing for 13 years found safe in Ohio (2015, November,5). BBC NEWS. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34737471
Last week in Thailand there was a similar case. A woman who lost her baby kidnapped another baby from the hospital to raise as her own child. The secret was revealed when she tried to register the child for kindergarten. And the school wasn't sure with the birth certificate of the child. So the school asked the police to check and found out that the child was reported missing. And now this woman has been arrested and her birth mother wants her baby back. But it's difficult and they are discussing it with the other "family" how to raise the child.
ReplyDeleteI know of a Thai case that is even more similar to the one Nori chose to respond to.
ReplyDeleteA couple of years ago, the mother of a friend's son kidnapped him from his father's custody. She took him out of school and away to hide in some pokey little room. Happily, after a couple of weeks, when she realised that no one, not even her own family, would support her in this, and that her son hated it, she returned him to his father, who had been caring for him devotedly since his birth.
I was wondering how best to help my friend, so consulted my lawyer, who told me that in fact this was common in Thailand, but that it was more often the father who kidnapped his child from the mother's custody. Apparently, it's often easier for mothers to get legal custody becasue of some registration requirement. He also advised that in this case, Thai law would probably not be able to help the father. We were all very glad that the boy's mother became more sensible and realised that if she wanted any sort of healthy relationship with her son, she should take his wishes into account and let him live with his father, where she can visit as often as she wants.
I have no idea how common such things might be in Australia, but I know that parents often fight very bitter custody battles in court when they divorce. All but one of my five married brothers and sisters are divorced, but thankfully the kids were old enough at the time to very clearly say which parent they wanted to live with. And the courts agreed.