Missing Abducted

Information, and news for parents of missing and abducted children.
Parental abduction, international child abduction, and missing children resources.
Multilingual child abduction resources for international visitors.

Child abduction

Child abduction is a serious problem in today's world. Abduction by strangers is not the only type of abduction. Parental abduction is a large and growing form of child abduction. This web site's goal is to provide a major resource of information for parents who have been victimized by the child abductor. You may be living a parents worst nightmare, but you are not alone. Information empowers and breeds hope.

Resources

Parental Abduction of Children - An overview and profile of the abductor provided by RCMP.
P.A.R.E.N.T Message Board - "post questions, announcements, tell your story".
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory- foreign attorney locator.
U.S. House of Representatives- contact your Representative for assistance or to request legislative change.
Senate E-mail - contact your Senator for assistance or to request legislative change.
Barnes and Nobles - books on Child Abduction.

Organizations

Child Alert.com - Organization
KLAAS Foundation for Children - Organization
Child Search National Missing Children's Center - Organization
Child Quest International - Organization.
Child Watch of North America - Organization.
International Center for the Search and Recovery of Missing Children - Organization. (Se Habla Espanol)
International Parental Child Abduction - Checklist for Parents of Abducted Children.
Lost Children's Network - Organization. A television search for missing children.
The Lost Child - Organization. Emergency Broadcast System. International.
Parental Abduction in Divorce
Missing Children - Organization. National Father's Resource Center.
God's Missing Children of the World
Child Connection - Organization.
Coalition for Missing and Abducted Children CoMAC - Organization.
National Missing Children's Locate Center - Organization.
North American Missing Children Association - Organization.
ADVO's Missing Child Program - Corporation.
P.A.R.E.N.T - Organization. Excellent advocate organization focusing on international child abduction.
P.A.R.E.N.T - Parents Advocating for Recovery through Education by Networking Together. Est. May 1999
Vanished Children's Alliance - Organzation.
General Services Administration Missing Child Notice Program - Government.
Missing Youth Foundation - Organization.
Parental Abductions Resource Website - Excellent resources for families of parentally abducted children. Est. Jan. 1999
The Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction - Organization created by Jimmy's Parents.

Legal aspects

United States Legal Code 18 USC Sec. 120418 USC Sec. 1204 (01/16/96)
United States Legal Code Title 42 Chapter 121 International Child Abduction Remedies.
Convention on the Rights of Children
US State Department - Services-International
American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law - material on parental child abduction.
Emergency Action Guidelines
Border Crossing: Responding to abductions that remove children from their home states.
American Bar Association's Network to Help Internationally Abducted Children.
Law Review Article - International Custody Disputes
International Child Abduction Article - Hague Convention and International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA-42 U.S.C. 11601)