Connecticut Law About Parental Kidnapping

Connecticut Law About Parental Kidnapping
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Connecticut General Statutes

Pathfinders prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Parental Kidnapping in Connecticut

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 2006-R-0390
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 99-R-0792
Moving Out of State in Violation of Child Custody Order 2003-R-0491
Custodial Interference 2008-R-0644
Attempted Kidnapping 2004-R-0272

Connecticut Criminal Jury Instructions

6.6-1. Custodial Interference in the 1^st Degree - § 53a-97
6.6-2. Custodial Interference in the 2^nd Degree - § 53a-98(a)(1)
6.6-3. Custodial Interference in the 2^nd Degree - § 53a-98(a)(2)
6.6-4. Custodial Interference in the 2^nd Degree - § 53a-98(a)(3)

Hague Convention

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980)
- Child Abduction Section
- The International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT)

Useful Websites

Hague Domestic Violence Project

Library Materials

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Child Custody and Visitation Law and Practice, by Sandra Morgan Little.
Handling Child Custody, Abuse, and Adoption Cases, by Ann M. Haralambie.
International Child Abductions, by Gloria F. DeHart.

Selected statutes:

Title 46b (Most of Chapter 815p is relevant. Selected sections linked below)

Sec. 46b-16. Petition to Superior Court for ex parte order re temporary care and custody of child when parent arrested for custodial interference. Duration of order.
Sec. 46b-115e. Effect of child custody determination.
Sec. 46b-115k. Initial child custody jurisdiction.
Sec. 46b-115x. Enforcement of child custody determination.
Sec. 46b-115jj. Enforcement of foreign child custody order re return of child under Hague Convention.

Title 53a

Sec. 53a-97. Custodial interference in the first degree: Class D felony.
Sec. 53a-98. Custodial interference in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor.

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U.S. Code

18 USC 1204. International parental kidnapping
25 USC 1920. Improper removal of child from custody; declination of jurisdiction; forthwith return of child: danger exception
28 USC 1738A. Parental Kidnapping Protection Act (PKPA)

42 USC 11601-11610. International Child Abduction Remedies Act

Code of Federal Regulations

22 C.F.R. 94.1 - 94.8 International Child Abduction

U.S. State Department

International Parental Child Abduction

Child Abduction Prevention

Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program

Hague Abduction Convention Country List

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