International parental child abductions rise with global migration

February 26, 2013

Source: TheStar.com

As cross-border relationships become more common, so do cases involving kids seized and taken to another country. Left-behind parents want changes to the law.

Stephen Watkins and sons, Alexander and Christopher. Police believe the boys are in Poland.

When a grandfather was found guilty last year of helping his daughter abduct her two boys to Poland, history was made. It was Canada’s first criminal conviction involving international child abduction by a parent.

Outside the Newmarket court where 78-year-old Tadeusz Ustaszewski’s sentencing was taking place, a group of Canadian parents held up signs and photos of their missing children, hoping to draw public attention to the issue of cross-border child abductions by estranged spouses.

Frustrated by legal bureaucracy, countries indifferent to Canadian court orders, and what they say is scant support from the Canadian government, left-behind parents have launched their own advocacy group. They plan to campaign for changes in the law to better detect and prevent child abduction.

“People paint it as a custody matter, but really, these countries have signed the international treaties and do not comply with these treaties.”

STEPHEN WATKINS – FOUNDING MEMBER OF ICHAPEAU

So far, the group involves 13 families and 16 “lost” children. It is part of a growing movement in North America for stronger enforcement of the Hague Child Abduction Convention — a 32-year-old international treaty that deals with the return of children abducted by a non-custodial parent and transferred from one country to another.

“The fact is you have this melting pot of different nationalities. You date people of different nationalities, get married, have children — and they decide to go home,” said Stephen Watkins, a founding member of iCHAPEAU (International Child Harbouring & Abduction Prevention Enforcement Act Under-law).

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“People paint it as a custody matter, but really, these countries have signed the international treaties and do not comply with these treaties.”

With the ease of global travel and explosion of Internet romances, the world has become smaller. Romantic relationships — and breakups — that span national borders have become more common.

These relationship breakdowns, often nasty for adults in the same locale, can be even more complicated when children and multiple government jurisdictions are involved.

A 2012 study by Nigel Lowe and Victoria Stephens at the Cardiff Law School in the United Kingdom found that the global number of Hague Convention applications to retrieve an abducted child had risen by 45 per cent since 2003.

According to a U.S. State Department report, the number of new international parental child abduction cases in the United States alone has doubled since 2006, from 642 to 1,135, with the majority of cases involving children taken to one of the convention’s 89 signatory countries.

But the child return rate is far from satisfactory. In 2009, the report said, only 436 children abducted to or wrongfully retained in other countries were returned to the U.S. Of these children, 324, or 74 per cent, were from a convention country.

“The goal of the convention is to establish clearly defined procedures for the prompt return of children . . . to provide an effective deterrent to parents who contemplate abducting their children,” said the Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention.

“Unfortunately, current trends reflect a steady increase in the number of international parental child abduction cases and highlight the urgency of redoubling efforts to promote compliance with convention obligation and encourage additional nations to join it.”

A left-behind parent can apply through what’s known as the central authority of his or her country to have a wrongfully removed child returned to the place of “habitual residence.”

The parent must provide details of the case in the Hague Convention application, which will then be sent by the central authority to the foreign state to which the child was taken.

Once the application is received, the court in the receiving country must determine if the conditions set out for the child’s return are met and if any exceptions to the return of the child exist.

Canada does not maintain national statistics on the number of Hague Convention applications and number of child returns to the country, said Carole Saindon, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice, which oversees the central authority administration in Canada.

“It is important to note that a decision by a court not to order the return of a child does not mean that the convention is not being properly applied in that state,” Saindon said in an email.

“While a left-behind parent may not agree with the child leaving Canada, the situation does not necessarily constitute a wrongful removal or retention for the purposes of the Hague Convention.”

In instances where a left-behind parent is dissatisfied with the result, she said, the parent or the Canadian central authority can raise their concerns with the foreign central authority and attempt to resolve any issues.

However, “where a left-behind parent disagrees with the decision of a foreign court not to return his or her child, he or she needs to evaluate the matter in consultation with private legal counsel,” Saindon said.

The issue of international child abduction is not new, but it received global attention in 2008 with the case of Sean Goldman, the child at the centre of an international legal battle between his American father, David Goldman, and the family of his deceased Brazilian ex-wife, Bruna Bianchi Carneiro Ribeiro.

After winning his son back in 2009 with a favourable decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court, Sean’s father and his supporters, in the same year, established the Bring Sean Home Foundation, run by volunteers for the campaign to return internationally abducted children.

Most significantly, the foundation has been pushing for the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction, Prevention and Return Act (HR1940) — an inspiration for Watkins, whose sons, Christopher and Alexander, were taken to Poland in 2009 by their mother, Ustaszewski’s daughter, Edyta.

“The biggest reason the convention is largely inefficient is there are no penalties for non-compliance. There are no repercussions for not complying,” said Mark DeAngelis, the foundation’s executive director.

The bill, expected to be introduced to the U.S. Congress in 2013, proposes establishing an Office on International Child Abductions to promote measures to prevent abductions from the U.S., advocate for abducted children and assist left-behind parents in resolving their cases.

Watkins, of iCHAPEAU, said Canada should adopt a similar approach and penalize convention non-compliant nations by delaying or cancelling official visits and scientific and cultural exchanges; withdrawing Canadian development assistance; and restricting travel by their nationals.

“We need to impose sanctions against non-compliant countries,” said Watkins, adding that educating Canadian officials in child welfare and courts to flag at-risk cases is also key to abduction prevention.

Jeffery Morehouse of Bring Abducted Children Home, an advocacy group for American left-behind parents, agrees.

“We need to have an open public discussion of what’s going on,” he said from Washington. “We must step up and be vocal. Enough is enough. We are not going to condone the trafficking of children to a foreign country without recourse.”

More: The tales of four left-behind Canadian parents

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DA Child Abduction Unit Recovers Autistic Boy from Mexico

October 26, 2012

Source: scoopsandiego.com

San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced today that her office’s Child Abduction Unit successfully located a 7-year-old autistic boy in Mexico and reunited him with his mother in San Diego.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 37-year-old Julio Rocha, who in 2007 took his then 2-year-old son, Keoni Rocha, to Mexico after the boy’s mother requested full custody. Julio Rocha has been charged with one felony count of child abduction.

“Locating missing children and returning them home to San Diego isn’t easy within the United States, let alone across an international border,” DA Dumanis said. “The dedicated investigators in our Child Abduction Unit routinely overcome difficulties in dealing with foreign governments to recover children from around the world.”

The DA’s Child Abduction Unit is contacted when a child is taken form his or her parent or rightful guardian in violation of that person’s right to custody. Investigators in the unit work with Mexico and other countries to track down children and get them home safely.

In this case, a young woman doing online research for a school project in Mexico came across a poster from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with information about Keoni Rocha and his father. The girl recognized the boy as a neighbor and contacted authorities.

Thanks to help from the neighbor, District Attorney Investigators were able to negotiate a voluntary return of Keoni Rocha’s with his grandparents at the Mexico City airport last week.

“It was the most heart-wrenching return I have ever seen,” said DA Investigator Carole Snyder who works in the Child Abduction Unit. “The grandmother and the aunt knew this would be the last time they saw Keoni. The boy’s mother, Leilani Masumoto, who had not seen her son in five years, bonded like they were meant to be as soon as they were reunited at the airport.”

Last year, the DA’s Child Abduction Unit conducted 150 investigations and recovered 75 abducted children from around the U.S. In addition, the unit worked 30 cases involving children being abducted from, or taken to other countries, including, Mexico, Germany, Argentina, Columbia, and Dominica. In 2011, the Child Abduction Unit’s ‘Visitation Reporting System’ which is accessible via the DA’s website, logged 2,096 violations.

“Over the years, we’ve successfully located children and returned them from several countries including France, the Philippines, Sweden, Germany and Mexico,” DA Dumanis said. “Given San Diego’s location, a number of child abductions involve children who are taken across the border to Mexico.”

The DA’s Child Abduction Unit assists parents in both countries. The number of cross-border cases involving Mexico handled by the DA’s Office has grown from 10 cases in 2006, to 21 cases in 2011. So far this year, the unit has opened 15 such cases. The District Attorney’s Office Child Abduction unit is only involved when a parent or other family member abducts a child involving a violation of Family Court, Juvenile Court and/or Probate Court orders.

If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Julio Rocha, who is believed to be living in the United States, please call 619-531-4345

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Two abducted Fairfax kids believed to be in Tunisia

September 26, 2012

Source: Washington Examiner

Authorities are trying to recover two young Fairfax County children who were allegedly kidnapped by their father and taken to Tunisia.

Three-year-old Zainab Chebbi and 6-year-old Eslam Chebbi have been missing since Nov. 11, when prosecutors say their father, 39-year-old Faical Chebbi, flew with them to Tunisia.

Faical Chebbi called the children’s mother — his ex-wife — the next day and told her that he and the children would not be returning, according to court records. Chebbi was charged in federal court in Alexandria with international parental kidnapping.

Chebbi and Edeanna Johnson-Chebbi divorced in January, nearly a year after she obtained a protective order because he threatened to kill her, according to court documents. Johnson-Chebbi had sole custody of Zainab and Eslam; Chebbi absconded with the children after picking them up from their grandparents’ house in Prince George’s County for a scheduled visit, according to the court documents.

“At first, I was sort of in an action mode,” said Johnson-Chebbi, who created a Facebook page and online petitions about the case.

“What else are you going to do?” she told The Washington Examinerin December. “I won’t allow myself to imagine that this will pass. They will be home. I just don’t know how or when.”

But Johnson-Chebbi faces an uphill battle. There are no treaties or agreements between the United States and Tunisia regarding parental abduction cases.

This summer, Faical Chebbi was added to the FBI Washington Field Office’s Wanted Fugitives list.

Anyone with information on the case can contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-THE-LOST (843-5678).

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Parental Child Abduction is not an act done out of love for the child

Parental child abduction victimizes more than 354,000 U.S. families each year.

This crime is widely misunderstood by those not directly affected by the crime, including some law enforcement and government officials, who are under the misconception that children are inherently safe when they are with an abducting parent. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

“Child stealing is child abuse…..Children are used as both objects and weapons in the struggle between the parents which leads to the brutalization of the children psychologically, specifically destroying their sense of trust in the world around them…..We must re-conceptualize child stealing as child abuse of the most flagrant sort.” -Dr. Dorothy Huntington

Parental Child Abduction is not an act done out of love for the child. The primary goal of the parental child abductor is to get even with the other parent. The abductor victimizes the left-behind family by depriving them of visitation or custodial rights and in the process psychologically torturing them with worry and grief. Statistically, half of parental child abductors have criminal records and most have a history of violent behavior, substance abuse or emotional disturbance. Gender doesn’t matter. Both fathers and mothers abduct equally and 15% of the time the abduction is with force or violence. Half of family abductions occur before the relationship between parents end while half occur 2 or more years after divorce or separation, usually after parents develop new households, new relationships, move away or are frustrated with the legal system. Once abducted, the children are at the mercy of the abducting parent, who, in hiding, avoids scrutiny by police, doctors, counselors, and child protective services.

The victimization that children suffer when taken by a parent is no less than that of children taken by a stranger, yet the response of society varies considerably. It is this variance that lessens the chance of aggressive investigation by law enforcement or from the public intervening. The left behind families are left in a constant state of emotional turmoil, never knowing if their children are safe, where they are, or whether they’ll ever see them again.

Even if a family is lucky enough to find their children, life is never the same again. Families must start over, attend counseling (sometimes for years and years) and in many states must face allowing the children to have visitation with the abductor again and the possibility of re-abduction.

Education, awareness and stronger penalties for parental child abductors are key in the fight to keep children safe and deter would be parental abductors. Unfortunately, the process has been slow across the 50 United States. Some states do not even recognize parental child abduction as a crime while others treat it with the severity it deserves. Until the justice systems in all 50 states uniformly handles the issue with severe punishment, the lives of innocent children will continue to be destroyed in mounting numbers.

DAMAGE TO THE ABDUCTED VICTIM CHILD

1. Alteration to Appearance -The abducted child’s appearance is often altered (hair cut and dyed, etc.,).
2. Name Change – The abducted child’s name is often changed, with young children sometimes never knowing their true identity.
3. Loss of true identity – The child is stripped of his true identity. He loses out on the love of his left-behind family and his roots.
4. Health Neglect – The abducted child is often medically & physically neglected as abducting parents have the worry that their child may be discovered to be missing.
5. Unstable Education – Abducted children receive unstable schooling as moves for them are common and getting proper paperwork to schools to enroll your child can be difficult under a new name.
6. Unstable Living Conditions – Abducted children have unstable living conditions as they are on the run from the law, and often end up homeless or moving frequently.
7. Lies and more lies – Abducted children are often told lies about the abduction and the left-behind parent. They can form a false hatred for the left-behind parent and family. Sometimes they are even told the left-behind parent is dead or in jail or doesn’t want them.
8. The Life of Fugitives – Abducted children live the lives of fugitives. They are taught not to trust anyone, not to tell about their past, and live a life on the run. They have no opportunity to establish relationships with friends.
9. Psychological and Emotional Distress – as a result of living life on the run and being subjected to this kind of abuse, the abducted child is subjected to severe psychological and emotional distress which show up for many years to come.

source:findsabrina.com

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MORE SUPPORT FOR PARENTS LEFT BEHIND BY INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

Source: Japan Children`s rights network

Australian parents dealing with the abduction of their child from Australia can access free legal assistance via a new national service which opened today.

Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said that the service will provide practical support to parents in distressing circumstances.

“We want to make it as straightforward as possible for parents to get the assistance they need when dealing with the abduction of their children from Australia,” Ms Roxon said.

“The Hague Convention on international child abduction, to which Australia is a signatory, provides a strong mechanism for lawfully seeking the return of abducted children to Australia.

“However, accessing information about the Convention and knowing how to apply to meet its requirements can be daunting for many parents during one of the most stressful and difficult times of their lives.”

The new legal assistance service will complement the counselling and mediation service already provided by International Social Services (ISS) Australia and funded by the Attorney-General’s Department.

The Government’s new funding agreement with ISS will provide a national service to help parents prepare and lodge applications from Australia for the return of, or access to, children under the Convention, and will also address key recommendations from the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee report into international child abduction to and from Australia, tabled on 31 October 2011.

“This service will now provide a one stop shop offering legal and counselling assistance for Australian families affected by the abduction of their child from Australia,” Ms Roxon said.

“With the assistance of International Social Services, Australian parents will be able to apply directly to the Attorney-General’s Department, as the Australian Central Authority – and the national contact – for the Hague Convention.”

ISS can be contacted Toll free on 1300 657 843 or through their websitewww.iss.org.au .

Further information about the Hague Convention is available on the Attorney-General’s Department website www.ag.gov.au/childabduction .

The Australian Central Authority can be contacted on 1800 100 480 or via email CentralAuthority@ag.gov.au .

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Child Abduction: Arrest warrant for Mason Co. dad of missing kids

Source: Sheriffin.com

LUDINGTON, Michigan (WZZM) – The Mason County Sheriff’s Department now has an arrest warrant for a father believed to have kidnapped his two children.

They are looking for Mark Allan McCallum, 52, on charges of parental kidnapping and being a habitual offender. 

McCallum is believed to have his four-year-old son Douglas McCallum and his two-year-old daughter Shelby McCallum.

He and his ex-wife, Sharon McCallum, had a court hearing scheduled for Friday.

“I know he is gone,” she says. “He did not show up for our court date today.”

Sharon says her ex-husband took their children to Arizona for several days last November — without telling anyone.

“His dad called me, and I talked him into bringing them back,” she says.

Mason County’s sheriff says his deputies are familiar with McCallum.

“We have had several police contacts with him in the last month that have us concerned about his mental condition,” says Sheriff Jeff Fiers.

Despite the concerns, the sheriff says they do not have any credible information that McCallum plans to or made statements about hurting his children.

Fiers says there are several different criteria for issuing an Amber Alert.  As of Friday evening the sheriff said the case did not meet the criteria, but said the case would be reassessed over the weekend.

McCallum may be in a dark green 1995 Dodge pickup with a Michigan license plate of DALE12,  or in a dark blue 2005 Chevrolet Malibu with a Michigan license plate of 1CDX85.

McCallum is believed to have family connections in Grand Rapids and Arizona.

If you have any information, you are asked to call Mason/Oceana Central Dispatch at 231-869-5858 or the Mason County Sheriff’s Office at 231-843-3475.

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Bortførte børn er snart på vej hjem

Kilde: NordJyske.dk

Jesper Dahlin får sine børn hjem igen efter 20 måneders tovtrækkeri med de færøske myndigheder.

Efter 20 måneders frustrationer og tovtrækkeri med de færøske myndigheder er et sandt mareridt ved at være slut for Jesper Dahlin, der bor i Aalborg. Fredag afgjorde et udvalg på en psykolog og to speciallæger i psykiatri og børne- og ungdomspsykiatri, at Jesper Dahlin er egnet som forælder.

– Det er ikke gået op for mig endnu, det er det virkelig ikke. Jeg brød helt sammen, da jeg fik at vide, at de kommer hjem. Det er jo halvandet års kamp og frustrationer, der nu skulle ud, siger en lettet Jesper Dahlin fra Færøerne.

Undersøgelse trak i langdrag

Forud er gået en lang og hård kamp om at få de to drenge hjem, som blev bortført til Færøerne af deres mor i juli 2010. Kort efter bortførelsen fik Jesper Dahlin sagen ført i fogedretten i Tórshavn, så børnene kunne blive udleveret.

Men en bemærkning om, at Jesper Dahlin havde haft et alkoholmisbrug, fik fogedretten til at iværksætte en undersøgelse af faderen i sommeren 2010, før børnene kunne udleveres. Denne undersøgelse trak i langdrag og blev først afsluttet otte måneder senere i marts 2011, hvor en børnesagkyndig erklærede Jesper Dahlin egnet som far.

– Endelig får jeg en bekræftelse på, at jeg er en god far og kan tage mig af børnene. Denne undersøgelse burde have været foretaget for lang tid siden og ikke forhalet i så lang tid, siger Jesper Dahlin på telefon fra Tórshavn.

Ignoreret af myndighederne

Sagen i fogedretten kørte sideløbende med en sag anlagt i byretten af børnenes mor om forældremyndighed. Den sag blev også afsluttet i marts 2011 med det resultat, at faderen fik den fulde forældremyndighed. Men da moderen ankede, måtte børnene blive på Færøerne.

I den lange periode fra juli 2010 til marts 2011 forsøgte Jesper Dahlin utallige gange via advokater at kontakte de færøske myndigheder.

– Jeg blev ignoreret gang på gang, når jeg forsøgte at høre til børnene. Mest grotesk var det, da de blev tvangsfjernet fra moderen i december 2010, da fik jeg ikke noget at vide før i januar 2011, siger Jesper Dahlin.

Børnenes mor kunne ikke tage vare på dem, og de blev placeret hos en plejefamilie, hvor de har boet lige siden. Jesper Dahlin undrer sig over, hvorfor de ikke bare kontaktede ham i stedet for uden videre at tvangsfjerne dem.

Har haft en anden dagsorden

– Jeg føler ikke, de har gjort noget for, at mine drenge skulle sammenføres med mig. Det er som om, de har haft en anden dagsorden, som jeg ikke har kendt til, siger Jesper Dahlin.

Først da Jesper Dahlin i august 2011 fik tilkendt den fulde forældremyndighed ved landsretten, lykkedes det at få en dialog i gang med de sociale myndigheder på Færøerne. På et møde blev det aftalt, at faderen ville gå med til en forældrekompetence-undersøgelse. Undersøgelsen skulle foretages i løbet af efteråret. Men igen oplevede Jesper Dahlin uforståelige forhalinger, som førte til flere aflysninger. Senest skulle han have været på Færøerne i januar for at få foretaget undersøgelsen. Men det blev altså først til noget her sidst i februar.

– Jeg føler, at børneværnet hele tiden har forsøgt at forhale sagen, og jeg er faktisk stadig lidt skeptisk, for jeg har jo ikke børnene hjemme endnu, siger han.

Jesper Dahlin har aftalt med de færøske myndigheder og plejefamilien, at børnene skal have lidt tid til at vænne sig til tanken om at skulle tilbage til Aalborg for at bo permanent.

Derfor sætter han sig alene på flyet, når det lørdag morgen afgår mod Danmark.

– Jeg har fået en grundlæggende mistro til det færøske system og frygter stadig, at de vil forsøge at foretage krumspring for at holde dem deroppe, siger Jesper Dahlin.

Han vil nu bruge de næste par uger på at gøre hjemmet klart til børnene, få den ældste indskrevet i skolen og den yngste i børnehaven.

Hvis alt går vel, tager han i løbet af marts til Færøerne for at hente sine drenge. Og denne gang sidder de ved siden af, når flyet letter mod Danmark.

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Proposed bill targets parental child abduction

Source: Herald Standard

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Deberah Kula, D-North Union Township, has introduced legislation aimed at preventing parental child abduction.

This legislation would create guidelines for Pennsylvania courts to follow in custody disputes that involve a parent or guardian deemed at risk of abducting a child.

In 2006, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws met and drafted the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act in order to assist states in helping to prevent such abductions.

“It is important that Pennsylvania join other states that have already enacted Uniform Child Abduction Prevention laws,” said Kula. “My legislation would accomplish that, and help to prevent such abductions from happening in the commonwealth.”

Courts would be able to consider risk factors such as a previous attempt or threat to abduct a child, an attempt to obtain a child’s birth certificate, school, or medical records, sudden applications for passports or visas and strong family, financial or cultural ties to a foreign country.

In cases in which a court deems that there is a risk of abduction, a parent would be able to petition the court to order anti-abduction measures, including restricting the travel of the child when the child is with the other parent, restricting access to the child by the other parent and requiring the other parent to surrender any passport or visa held for the child.

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Bortført jente returnert fra Filippinene

Kilde: Bortført.no

Jenta ble bortført av moren som 13-åring, og har vært på rømmen i to år. I går, 25. november, kom hun imidlertid hjem til Norge. Faren var den som først anmeldte bortføringen, men også politi og barnevern har engasjert seg aktivt, fordi moren anses som uegnet til ta seg av datteren alene.

Den 44 år gamle kvinnen ble pågrepet i byen Kalibo i Aklan-provinsen i september, med grunnlag i en arrestordre utstedt av Nordmøre tingrett.

Moren prøvde å søke asyl for seg og datteren, men er nå utvist fra Filippinene. Under normale omstendigheter ville det ha vært nærmest umulig for faren å få tilbake datteren. Denne saken er imidlertid ulik andre barneborføringssaker, fordi både norsk politi og barnevern tok den lange reisen til Asia for å forhandle med filippinske myndigheter om returen av jenta.

Kvinnen har brukt mye tid på ulike Facebook-grupper, hvor hun har demonisert jentas far og barnevernet for å skaffe seg sympati og tigge penger til bortføringsprosjektet. Tragisk nok har kvinnen også distribuert YouTube-klipp hvor datteren retter sterke personangrep mot faren. Vi ser en urovekkende tendens til at stadig flere foreldre skyver barna foran seg i sine svertekamanjer på nettet.

Mon tro hva som beveger seg i hodet til foreldre som legger ut hatmeldinger ved bruk mindreårige barn?

Et bortført barn er isolert og sårbart, og bortførern kan lett påvirke barnet til å si hva som helst. Men tenk hvilke lojalitetskonflikter dette kan skape for barnet senere. Slike videoer kan versere på nettet i lang tid. Man har ikke kontroll med hvem som laster ned og hvem som kan finne på å legge materialet ut igjen på et senere tidspunkt. Og ingen vet hvordan disse barna vil reagere om de konfronteres med dette senere i livet.

Nå er jena heldigvis tilbake i Norge, hvor hun bor hos sin far, og har kontakt med sine voksne søsken og resten av familien.

Her er nok et eksempel der et barn blir misbrukt i en foreldrekonflikt: Olivers Verden

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Warning: Christmas is parental kidnapping season

THE number of single parents kidnapping their own children is on the rise with hardline community groups advising fathers that government agencies are slow to act over Christmas.

There are nearly 200 parental abductions cases across the country every year and The Daily Telegraph understands that one single fathers’ group is telling its members the Christmas holidays are an ideal time to take children without consent because courts are on a go-slow.

Geoff Day condemned the agency and said estranged parents often take children during the holidays – and do not return them after access visits.

Mr Day said custodial parents were frustrated because Australian laws were so outdated that it could take months to set a court date to get a recovery order.

Karen Morris, whose agency Inter-relate runs three of the Federal Government’s new Family Relationship Centres, said long court waiting lists were part of the problem.

“The waiting lists in court are, and have been, an issue although they have started to come down,” she said.

“Christmas is so emotive. Parents argue a lot over who gets the kids. That combined with (the fact that) some services aren’t in full force does elevate the risk.”

NSW has one of the highest rates of international child abduction and solicitor Sally Nichols, who deals with a number of these cases, said international cases in particular were a trend – with mothers the common culprit.

“International (abduction) is generally on the increase, and domestically it’s chronic at this time of year,” Ms Nichols said.

One single mother, who spoke to The Daily Telegraph yesterday, said she was told government agencies could do nothing to retrieve her daughter, who was taken by her father before Christmas, without a copy of the official court order.

But almost two weeks later she still had not seen the order and was unable to find a solicitor to take her case.

“He ended up bringing her back, but if he had not done that he would still have her.

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