In these cases, a judicial decision (by the foreign authorities) to give the father rights was overruled by the german court. A free fox in a free henhouse!
when the biological parent with the most wealth is the father, that could empower him to intimidate and manipulate the mother via legal processes
Or so the story goes on some solicitors' websites... By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan