I am married to a woman who has a child with Japanese man. She separated from him as a result of domestic violence. An agreement was made for visitation rights where he can see her once a month.
Yesterday, we saw our daughter crying. She had informed us that her father has been prying information from her during her visits with him. Questions such as how we live and what we do for work. He now wants to setup a hearing with an attempt to get custody based on us not living the way the japanese are living, (eating the same foods and celebrating all of the holidays that the Japanese do) and apparently thinks we don’t earn enough to take care of her.
He knows that I am a student but he doesn’t know that I get paid to go to school. On top of that I get monthly compensation based on injuries I’ve received when I was working for the government. Both of these payments equal to around 450000 yen monthly. My wife just RECENTLY stopped working because of maternity leave. (Christmas baby).
My wife and I are worried about a potential hearing and don’t know what to expect next. Has anyone dealt with custody problems like this? Any advice is appreciated.
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1aeavu1/potential_hearing/