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This blog series has focused on the bodies of law, loosely dealing with jurisdiction, that provide remedies for parents having their children taken or kidnapped from their legal custody by the other parent. We have discussed how there are both state and federal remedies to prevent and/or return children who have been taken or abducted within the United States. However,…
The UCCJA (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act), also known as UCCJEA or by other slightly different acronyms in some states, is a Uniform Act adopted in some form (it differs state to state) by the states in the 1980s to aid in the question of which state has jurisdiction over child custody matters. While federal law is supreme to state…
As noted earlier, while most divorce and family law litigation is contentious and a stressful and difficult time for families, rarely does it result in one parent taking or actually kidnapping1 a child from the other parent. However, in those rare circumstances, there is a federal law, the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)2 to help return children to their custodial…
While thankfully not a common occurrence in most domestic disputes and litigation, parents embattled in a custody or divorce dispute have kidnapped their own children and left the state or even country. This is obviously a worst-case scenario for any parent, and there are several laws that cover this devastating matter to prevent the same from occurring. Due to the…