NCJ Number
109230
Date Published
1986
Length
104 pages
Annotation
This document describes Federal statutes, State laws, and other remedies available in interstate and international child custody and parental kidnapping cases.
Abstract
Laws applicable to interstate parental kidnapping are first reviewed: the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, the Missing Children Act, and State criminal parental kidnapping laws. Tort actions are also discussed. The guide considers remedies in cases of international parental kidnapping, including the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, extradition treaties, and U.S. passport policy. A discussion of methods for locating missing children focuses on groups and sources of information. Tactics to prevent parental kidnapping are examined, such as restrictions on removing a child from a State or the country, notifying schools of custody orders, and allowing visitation rights even if support is not being paid. Individual papers address Federal court remedies, tort actions, international parental kidnapping, extradition, and the role of prosecutors and police. Appendixes contain Federal statutes, a survey of State laws, a directory of parent locator services, references, and other sources of information.