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from large corporates or State just because he is of the white race he will after a

while decide to leave and go where he is welcome to live in peace. We lost half
of the white population which is more than 2 million people because of the
employment equity laws which was apparently designed to "right the wrongs of

the past." It started off as a good idea and now is causing havoc but anyway, it

is a discussion for another book.

More to the point it means that the father may be in Australia or Canada or New

Zealand and the mom still here with the child. And she is scared (with reason)
that the once the child goes there on holiday he will not be returned as

(undoubtedly) he will have better schools, medical attention and living standards
than here. There were even cases where families claimed political asylum

because of this but I think they were playing the long haired liberals that side.
Anyhow, the legal question is can the child leave the country without the

parents' permission? The answer is no. Both parents must agree in writing and
to smuggle him out is kidnapping. But what if he fails to return?

Now this is a legal minefield though in theory easy enough for it is kidnapping

not to bring the child back and also contempt of court to fail to abide with the
court order. Fair enough but it takes a lot of money and court cases to force the

return as the parent usually claims some human rights against bringing him
back and undoubtedly a case can be made that he is better off there than in a

country with eighteen thousand murders a year (we think since no-one believes
the official statistics) and a perceived (it is not everywhere) ineffective if not

plain corrupt government.

The court, in any country, always looks at the interest of the child first and

foremost. Seen in the light of the above I must say your chances of getting him

back is not good but not impossible. You will need good lawyers and expert
witnesses to convince the court he is better off this side. The longer it takes the
less the court will want to disrupt his life again by sending him back.

We also see a lot of citizens who work in a different country and then get a

woman / girlfriend pregnant and now want to have access to his child. It really
depends on which country and what their laws say about it. Be prepared for a

long an expensive legal battle and you will pay maintenance through your nose

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