Child Abduction

We receive a high amount of abduction cases. There are still, sadly, too many child abductions away from the primary residential parent, especially to non-Hague convention countries. Genuine child abduction is still a major problem. Many countries are not doing enough or anything to secure the return of abducted children. Sometimes the child goes missing altogether or for many years. Sometimes the courts of the country to which the child has been abducted will not assist in any return and perhaps even transfer custody to the other parent, the national, often the father. Some parents have had to take drastic and dramatic steps to recover their children, even after many years apart.

What is the Hague Convention?