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How to Prevent a Parental Abduction

admin | July 5, 2022

The abduction of a child is high on the list of things every parent fears most. When a child is missing and the clues are limited or absent, the fear, dread, and anguish can be all-consuming. Any parent would agree that preventing a child’s abduction is better than experiencing one, even if it is an abduction by the other parent. Unfortunately, when parents separate, it is often on disagreeable terms. When this happens, the duty of sharing the responsibility of caring for a mutual child can become an extreme challenge. If one parent is dead set against maintaining an […]

How Many Missing Children are Found Each Year?

admin | June 28, 2021

Having a child go missing is a terrifying experience. But most children who go missing are discovered and fairly quickly. Understanding how parents and governments go about finding a missing child can help any left-behind parent assess what to do next. How Many Missing Children Are Found Each Year? According to our research and experience, out of the half a million children that go missing every year in the United States, nearly all of them are found. That’s 97.8%. So, half a million children go missing, but nearly all of them are also found. When most people think about missing […]

Guide to International Parental Kidnapping

admin | June 24, 2021

Child abduction is one of the scariest possibilities you have to face as a parent, and it doesn’t always happen the way people might imagine it. While TV shows and movies have shown child abductions as a thing that happens between children and complete strangers, it’s often somebody close to the child who does the actual abducting. Even worse, there are a lot of times when one of the two parents is the one abducting the child. Not only is this a traumatizing experience for the child, but it’s also a difficult legal situation. An abducted kid is a delicate […]

4 Steps You Should Take If Your Spouse Abducts Your Kids

admin | June 10, 2021

Parental abduction is the hiding, taking, or holding of a child by either parent while going against the rights of the child’s other parent or guardian. This kind of abduction in most cases occurs when the parents are going through a divorce. A family member or parent is only entitled to sole parenting if a court order has been served in his or her favor. When one parent moves the child to a hiding location, to deny visitation of the other parent, and without a standing custody decision, it amounts to parental abduction. If a parent moves from one state […]