‘I’m taking the kids’: There are 250 international parental abductions involving Canadians
When Kristen Allen’s former partner and her six-year-old daughter failed to arrive at the airport in Toronto one fateful evening in August 2018, her heart sank. Deep down, she knew her ex-boyfriend, John Varga Cuevas, had taken their daughter, Tatianna, and he wouldn’t be back. “I knew that he would take her,” she told CTVNews.ca […]
Efforts ramp up to find girl allegedly abducted by Grandparents in Calgary and taken overseas
Calgary police confirm a Canada-wide arrest warrant related to child abduction has been issued for the grandparents of a seven-year-old girl as her father desperately tries to find her. Justin Coutts told Global News he last saw his daughter on July 2, before she headed off on holidays with her maternal grandparents. They were supposed […]
The legal issues around international parental child abductions
Opinion: over 1,400 parental child abductions occur annually in Europe and can be very stressful and difficult to deal with for all involved Globalisation has contributed to the increased movement of people around the world. People set up home together and sometimes have children in different cultures and countries. However, if a relationship breaks down, […]
Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act
Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act – provides guidance to U.S. courts on custody disputes and divorce proceedings to protect against family abductions
International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act
International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act – makes it a federal felony offense in the United States to remove, or attempt to remove, a child under the age of 16 from the United States with the intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights
International Child Abduction Remedies Act
International Child Abduction Remedies Act – establishes procedures in the United States to implement the Hague Convention