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Parental Abduction

When Parents Kidnap Their Own

By Carma Haley

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Alternatives to Kidnapping
Many services are available to help in the event of a situation that may be dangerous or harmful to a child. Social service departments, health departments and area chapters of Child Abuse Prevention agencies or even a school counselor can all help a parent who fears for their child's welfare and safety.

In the event of a disputed divorce or custody order, a parent can move up the chain of command to find assistance or to have additional evidence heard, Samrodan says. If a parent is not in a financial situation to afford an attorney, local chapters of Legal Aid or free legal assistance can be found through social service offices.

"There is always something else that should be tried or attempted before a parent resorts to kidnapping their child," says Samrodan. "Whether a local, state or federal organization, if a parent truly feels they need assistance, then they can and will find it -- all they need to do is ask."

If a parent suspects the noncustodial parent may abduct their child, they should file an order with the court to investigate a possible parental kidnapping which can assist them in getting a visitation order held until the threat has passed. In the event of a continued threat or possible attempts to abduct the child, the custodial parent should file an order with the court to have the noncustodial parent's visitation revised to prevent an abduction from taking place, Samrodan says.

"It only takes a few minutes and a little bit of effort to et help when a parent fears their child may or will be abducted by their noncustodial parent," says Samrodan. "If they need assistance, anyone at the courthouse would be happy to help -- again, all that needs to be done is to ask."


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Parental Abduction by ncmec.eu on 11/11/2009 02:51AM

Your readers may be interested to learn that most publicized cases of alleged parental abduction do not end in conviction, at least in part because the charges are often based on one parent's fraudulent statements to prosecutors. In addition, fingerprinting does not help solve child abduction. It only helps to identify dead bodies. It is extremely rare for a child abduction to end in the child's death, especially if the child is taken by a parent. Finally it bears mentioning that many of the children who are advertised by major child welfare organizations as 'missing' are not actually missing. Unfortunately these groups have a self-serving financial interest in inflating their statistics. The location of many of the children we see advertised on posters is actually known. These are cases of missing child fraud, which are cataloged on our website. Thank you. Michael ncmec.eu

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