Family courts Down Under are allowing parents to leave the country with their children--if they agree to use Skype to stay in touch with the parent who remains in Australia, The Australian is reporting.

The newspaper tells of an author with an offer to develop her career in the US being allowed to take her young son with her so long as the lad "has reasonable access to a computer which has a Skype program installed, together with a webcam, in order that the child may communicate with his father by that means or by email at times which the child and his father may mutually agree upon."

There were have been 10 such cases in family court in Australia so far this year.

Skype to the rescue again.