An American man and his estranged Kenyan girlfriend are embroiled in a tussle for custody of their two-year-old son.
Claude Dary says the woman returned to Kenya with the boy named Rowan last year after taking him from his house in Manhattan, New York without his knowledge. He said the mother abruptly cut off communication with him and within a week, she had flown back to her country with the minor.
Dary has filed fresh papers in a New York court requesting custody of the child, according to nbcnewyork.com. In May, a Manhattan Family Court judge ruled that the Kenyan woman (name concealed) should return the boy to the US but the decision was stayed after her attorney appealed.
A hearing for Dary’s appeal is scheduled for late January 2020. Dary says he reached out to the US State Department and the Kenyan Embassy.
In a letter, the State Department said: “Kenya is not a signatory to the 1990 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Abduction Convention). Thus, the Hague Abduction Convention is not an available mechanism to facilitate Rowan’s return.”
This is the same thing my…
This is the same thing my friend was told by US embassy Kenya while trying to seek for child support from the exe who returned to Kenya and left his children behind with no help that ” Kenya has no agreement under Hague convention with USA for child support.
My questions is.. with high cases of child abduction and child support, diaspora parents abandoning their kids to start another family in their mother land, when will justice for the kids ever prevail?? when will Kenya join Hague convention on such matters of child abduction and child support? the culprits just walk around free to start other families and neglect the prior families they created… the children are the ones that suffer most.
Former Justice Muigai had talked about taking this mater to Hague convention or something like that..i guess as usual silence followed and the diaspora kids continue to wait for help from their parents who abandoned them.
Well there is always two…
Well there is always two sides to the story…. that is the only comment I have but you could also start a movement to highlight the plight of these children.
You know they want child…
You know they want child support from Kenya. Probably around 40 dollars a month.
@ formerlyguest2, yes there…
@ formerlyguest2, yes there is always two side to the story but that does not negate your responsibility as a parent towards your children. Regardless of bitter divorce or whatever happened these children still need parental love and support. Unfortunately adults use these children to get to each other. “Movement to highlight the plight of these children” let me know if you got ideas on how to start coz the whole system is messed up.
Good questions.?
Good questions.?
Its so sad that everything…
Its so sad that everything in the US (others included) is so beautiful… EXCEPT the quality of life amongst people and with each other. Roads, buildings, services etc are of high standards and continue to be maintained as such by people… but people do not even try to maintain/improve life stands among each other and to each other.
The quicker people destroy, damage, refuse to agree, enjoy seeing each other suffer, the better. And it is getting worse as innocent kids suffer… the very same kids who will continue this sick trend once they are all grown up… but hey… as they perfect the roads, buildings, services etc.
Soon there will be Drone taxis, Drones delivering Amazon products etc plus other awesome 21st century innovations … all built and maintained by people who never miss an opportunity to damage each other as much as possible… plus pass on those dangerous skills to the next generation.
Take a look around you if…
Take a look around you if you are outside, or a long look outside the window. Give marks out of 10 for items you see such as roads, walkways, bicycle paths, general transport, vehicles, cleanliness, buildings, under-over passes, shopping outlets, convinient stores/gas stations etc and services such as telephone/internet, piped gas, uninterrupted dependable electricity, mail delivery, fast food delivery services etc etc.
Then look at yourself in the mirror and give yourself marks out of 10… family situation, personal happiness, kid’s overall well being and both physical and psychological health, relationships with others (siblings, baby mama/daddy, friends, significant others) etc.
If you are happy, do all you best to remain happy… if not, find out how you got there… see if it is possible to get out of there… make difficult personal adjustments… if you do manage to get out of there, make sure you do not slide back there.
If your situation is total damaged goods, seek help, do not wait till its too late. Its a paradox being all messed up while living in an environment that looks beautiful, dazzling, flashy etc… that trying to explain to people back in Jamhuri that life is hard… they just do not get what you are trying to say.
So they get surprised that people in Majuu are operating high stress levels, alcoholism etc… and they ask… lakini si huko ni ku poa ?!
So, when a story like this one of the kid being taken away and many others happen… people then ask… Kwani huko majuu watu wanaishi vipi?
Denoz, I like that!Tried to…
Denoz, I like that!Tried to explain this to folks many a times, that all that glitters is not gold , they are better off with floods and matope in most cases.