Missing Children in Montana
Having a missing or abducted child is a scary experience, but The Committee for Missing Children has a successful record when it comes to reuniting parents with missing or abducted children. We can help find missing children whether they’ve run away or been abducted by the other parent, thanks to years of experience and resources that help us locate missing children and reunite them with left-behind parents.
Casting a Wide Net
In today’s world, there are tons of resources that can help us locate missing children and reunite them with their parents. Casting a wide net is important because traveling from one city to another (or from one state to another) is easier than ever. In order to recover missing children, you need to spread the word quickly and look beyond your local area.
At The Committee for Missing Children, we work with left-behind parents to make sure they have the guidance they need to find missing children and overcome any potential legal hurdles that may make the process more difficult.
Tireless Advocacy for Child Protection
In addition to helping parents locate and reunite with missing children, The Committee for Missing Children also helps advocate for statutes and laws that can make it easier to reunite these children with their parents. We work tirelessly to minimize the amount of legal obstacles parents have to deal with when recovering missing children, because dealing with a missing child is already stressful enough.
Missing children can easily be transported from one area to another, and Montana is a large state. The Committee for Missing Children helps empower left-behind parents by giving them the resources and information needed to recover missing children as quickly as possible. By working with local law enforcement, we make it even easier to connect with valuable resources and locate missing children.
If your child has run away or has been abducted by the other parent in Montana, contact The Committee for Missing Children via email or call us today.
Additional Resources for Missing Children in Montana
Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Search the Montana Missing Persons Database
Phone: (406) 444-1526
E-mail: [email protected]
Custodial & Parental Abduction Legal Codes
Montana Title 45. Crimes § 45-5-302. Kidnapping
“(1) A person commits the offense of kidnapping if the person knowingly or purposely and without lawful authority restrains another person by either secreting or holding the other person in a place of isolation or by using or threatening to use physical force.
(2) A person convicted of the offense of kidnapping shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 10 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222”
Montana Title 45. Crimes § 45-5-632. Aggravated interference with parent-child contact
“(1) A person who commits the offense of interference with parent-child contact by changing the residence of the minor child to another state without giving written notice as required in 40-4-217 , unless the notice requirement has been precluded under 40-4-234 , or without written consent of the person entitled to parent-child contact pursuant to an existing court order commits the offense of aggravated interference with parent-child contact.
(2) A person convicted of the offense of aggravated interference with parent-child contact shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 18 months or both.”