What is Parental Child Abduction?

By far the most common kind of child abduction is parental child abduction
and often occurs when the parents separate or begin divorce proceedings.

A parent may remove or retain the child from the other parent seeking to gain an
advantage in expected or pending child-custody proceedings or because that parent
fears losing the child in those expected or pending child-custody proceedings.

From the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
U.S. Department of Justice:

The expeditious return of a missing child who has been abducted is a critical step
toward alleviating the trauma suffered by both child and parent. As research has
demonstrated, the most prevalent form of child abduction in the United States is
parental kidnapping. Parental abduction is a crime.

Millions of Americans receive advertisements in the mail with pictures of missing
children and their alleged abductors. In the majority of cases, these children
have been abducted by relatives, usually a parent.

Parental abduction can have a devastating impact on the child who is abducted and
also the parent who is left behind. A quick recovery is critical to reducing the
trauma to both child and parent.

Studies show the primary motives behind parental abduction are:

• To force a reconciliation or continue interaction with a spouse
• To blame, spite, or punish the other parent
• Fear of losing custody or visitation rights

Kidnapped children are at risk of developing severe psychiatric problems.
These children are likely to develop reactive attachment disorder.

These children may be described as experiencing trauma-attachment problems. The
trauma experienced is the result of abuse or neglect, inflicted by a primary
caregiver, which disrupts the normal development of secure attachment.

Such children are at risk of developing a disorganized attachment. Disorganized
attachment is associated with a number of developmental problems, including
dissociative symptoms, as well as anxiety, depressive, and acting-out symptoms.

The emotional toll on children kidnapped in family abductions is no less severe than
when a child is abducted by a stranger. Most parental abduction cases involve
children taken out of anger or vengeance against a spouse, not love for a child.

The trauma of family abduction is often compounded by lies. A child might be told
that the left-behind parent is dead, dangerous or doesn't love them anymore.
And the deeper the deceit, the harder it can be for a child to recover when found.

Anyone who intentionally participates in a crime or helps a criminal before,
during, or after the crime may be held responsible for it.

An accomplice is one who intentionally helps another to commit a crime. Even if
an accomplice does not carry out the crime, in the eyes of the law the
accomplice's crime assistance makes him or her just as guilty
as the person who commits the crime itself.

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Please help us bring these children back home !!!

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