平成16年（あ）2199 (2004 (A) No. 2199)

The defendant-husband, who had joint parental authority with his wife, forcibly took his son away from his mother. The court held that the defendant's act constituted kidnapping, as there were no special circumstances which made the defendant's actions necessary, and the act was "violent and coercive." In addition, the court found that the act of kidnapping the child could not be justified even though the defendant had parental authority.

本件は、被告人である夫が、他方親権者である妻から息子を強制的に連れ去った事件である。最高裁は、被告人である夫がそのような行為に出ることを必要とする特段な事情が認められないことから、その行為はが粗暴で強引であるとして、被告人が親権を持っていたとしても、子の略取は正当化できないとし、未成年者略取罪の成立を認めた。