Dad: Japan a child custody 'black hole'

It is the custody battle from hell — a battle that’s impossible for a father to win, no matter how many court orders and how much law he has on his side. The face of the battle belongs to Christopher Savoie, whose ex-wife took their two children from the United States to her home in Japan eight months ago in violation of a Tennessee court order. Because Japanese law gives sole custody to the mother and does not recognize international treaties upholding parental custody rights, Savoie may never see 9-year-old Isaac and 7-year-old Rebecca until they are adults. “It’s a black hole,” Savoie told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Wednesday in New York. “The children go in. They don’t come out.”... Read the full story.