Crime & Safety
State To Pay Fox Point Girl's Mental Health Treatment After Abduction
After a Fox Point girl was taken to Japan for four years by her mother, the girl's father appealed to the state to pay for her mental health treatment. The request was initially denied, but now an administrative judge rules in her father's fav
A Fox Point girl, who was abducted by her mother and taken to Japan, will receive money from the state's victim compensation fund, according to a story in the Journal Sentinel.
Her father, after his ex-wife Emiko Inoue took Karina to Japan for four years. When Karina returned, he asked the Department of Justice to pay for the Karina's psychological treatment, but they refused Garcia's request.
However, a state judge granted the request after she decided that Garcia's records and testimony showed that Karina had suffered mental harm.
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According to the story:
"The record contained no credible evidence" that Inoue took her daughter for the girl's best interests, (Administrative Law Judge Rachel) Pings found. "Rather, it appears that Ms. Inoue completely disregarded (her daughter's) interests and mental well-being."
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Garcia told the court that crimes like this are "child abuse and must be treated as such."
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