虐待一時保護に司法審査　児童福祉法改正案を決定―政府

　政府は４日、児童虐待対策や子育て世帯への支援強化を盛り込んだ児童福祉法などの改正案を閣議決定した。児童相談所が虐待を受けた子どもを親から引き離す一時保護をめぐり、裁判官が必要性を判断する司法審査を導入。手続きの透明性を確保して、児相と親との間のトラブルを防ぐ。
　司法審査では、児相が資料を集め、保護開始から７日以内に「一時保護状」を裁判官に請求。事前の請求も可能とする。親の同意がある場合は、審査対象から外す。請求が却下されれば、児相は保護を解除しなければならない。（2022/03/04-08:44）

The Japanese government on Friday adopted a bill that proposes examinations by judges be part of procedures to temporarily separate abused children from their parents for protection.
   According to the bill to revise the Child Welfare Act, judges will examine requests for approval to protect children filed by child consultation centers within seven days of the start of protection. Requests can be filed in advance, it said.
   An examination by a judge would be skipped if there is parental consent. If requests are turned down, protection would have to be terminated.
   The involvement of judges is aimed at securing transparency in protection procedures and preventing problems between child consultation centers and parents.
   To defend children' rights, the bill requires child consultation centers to listen to children's opinions when they provide protection or place children in facilities for protection.