UCAPA and Utah

The NCMEC estimates there are approximately 200,000 children abducted annually as a result of custody disputes. Last year Congress introduced the  “Family Abduction Prevention Act” designed to provide Law Enforcement with additional funding to assist with costs associated with family abduction prevention.
The Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act(”UCAPA”) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference [...]

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The threat of a parental abduction

Is legislation needed to address custody disputes?
A federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention NISMART-II study concluded that 78 percent of child abductions were by a parent or family member. Some recently involved violent abductions of the child.
  Danielle Jimenez,  Edwin Sanches Gonzalez,  Jessica Vargas Biatriz
Last year Congress introduced the  “Family Abduction Prevention Act” designed [...]

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