International Parental Child Abductions

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Kidnapping.

Law.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2010

Summary:

Discusses applicability of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction of 1988 and current U.S. laws, both civil and criminal, which seek to address the problem of children abducted by a parent to foreign nations. Highlights the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993, to impose criminal punishment on parents who illegally remove a child from U.S. borders

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. International Parental Child Abductions

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-AML-0290

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