Surrogate baby stuck in India due to Japanese parents' divorce

Friday 08th August, 05:40 AM JST

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romulus3 at 10:39 AM JST - 8th August

GO daddy. get your baby and love her forever.
furuigakko at 10:52 AM JST - 8th August

I don't get it, since the parents are Japanese even if the mother does not claim the child, would it not be as easy as registering the child with the Japanese embassy?

Wouldn't DNA testing to prove the father is truely the father?
nigelboy at 10:54 AM JST - 8th August

I don't get it, since the parents are Japanese even if the mother does not claim the child, would it not be as easy as registering the child with the Japanese embassy?

"But complicating matters is an Indian law that does not allow a single father to adopt a child."

Therefore, the Japanese father can't even take possession of the baby.
furuigakko at 11:28 AM JST - 8th August

Nigelboy-it wouldn't be an adoption, he is the biological father I am sure DNA can prove it and therefore making the child Japanese. I'll leave this one to the legal scholars.
nigelboy at 11:34 AM JST - 8th August

It would be "adoption" since there is no surrogacy law in India.
Alphaape at 11:39 AM JST - 8th August

If the Japanese woman did not want the baby, then all she would have had to do was go along with the planned adoption, and then tell her husband that I will stay with you until the baby arrives, and then, I am gone with you taking care of the kid. I hardly think that the guy would go through all of this trouble, and then divorce and leave her with the kid.

I feel sorry for this guy, men in general get screwed in custody cases the world wide when it comes to these things. At least, we can be somewhat assured that maybe for the baby, she would not have been found "dead" from the hands of her "over stressed" mother, as would have probably happened if they would have been allowed to continue with the adoption. I say that based on the many postings I see here in JT from mothers who do these sad things.
telecasterplayer at 12:10 PM JST - 8th August

Alright!!

Way to create an orphan, you selfish over-privileged pie-holes!! Your responsibility to the child that you BOTH agreed to bring into the world through this method FAR outweighs your hurt feelings. Split up, stay apart, but DO RIGHT by the baby!

And a special award to the Japanese Government for finding a way to be cruel to a helpless (Japanese) baby.
jipster at 12:14 PM JST - 8th August

they should have bought a minature dax instaed
RepublicofTexas at 12:35 PM JST - 8th August

And a special award to the Japanese Government for finding a way to be cruel to a helpless (Japanese) baby.

How is the J-Gov at fault other than letting the two parents divorce? And even that's not the Gov's fault, they can't make two people stay in love. Sounds like the Indian law as well as the selfishness of the ex-wife are at fault. Why are some of you bringing all of Japan into this? I'm sure in the end after some uncomfortable limbo, the baby will be united with her father...I hope.
Cammi at 01:11 PM JST - 8th August

I think the father needs to find a temp. wife so he can get the girl. Just a thought.
RepublicofTexas at 01:14 PM JST - 8th August

Is it such a complicated issue, the father is the biological father, and he seems quite willing to care for the child. Bureaucracy... -sigh-
Netgaijin at 02:34 PM JST - 8th August

A baby born in India has Indian citizenship, is not entirely true. From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiannationalitylaw): "Those born in India on or after 3 December 2004 are considered citizens of India only if both of their parents are citizens of India or if one parent is a citizen of India and the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of their birth."

Here's some insight into what's happening (http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080808/jsp/frontpage/story_9663417.jsp). Jaisingh, the supreme court lawyer who has taken up Manji's (the child) case, "said under the International Convention of the Rights of the Child, a newborn has to be registered immediately after birth and has the right to a name and a nationality.

She said as both India and Japan were signatories to the UN convention, there shouldn’t be any difficulty in getting a birth certificate for Manji. Only the father’s name on the certificate would be enough to issue her travel documents which, she said, hold the same value as a passport."

So dont worry folks, she is coming right back to where she belongs. After all, she was Made in Japan.
WilliB at 10:03 PM JST - 8th August

God that is so selfish. Order a baby and then divorce. What does this woman think... that babies can just be returned to the shop? Kudos to the husband for taking responsibility. And shame on the J-government for creating this ridiculous legal obstacle.
MumMandy1 at 12:56 AM JST - 17th August

This is one classic case of a country that totally do not put people's well-fare into considerations. NO WONDER India has so many hungry and homeless children as young as 18months being abandon on the street and Government do not step in to help....witness myself when travelled there.

Baby Manji has a biological father, that's a blessing of family-bondage! (Even if mummy walked out.)

Hey, you people who made it so difficult for daddy should be struck by thunder. How could you put this Little Angel into such state by being inhuman and irrational with politics. Law or No-Law, the baby should go home with daddy and poor grandma must be tired & worried sick..do what is RIGHT!
Sachisachi at 03:57 PM JST - 25th August

Please see here. http://www36.atwiki.jp/indiasurrogatebirth/pages/21.html