Parental kidnapping is the abduction and/or concealment of a child without the consent of the other parent. Over 200 cases of parental child abduction – child snatching, child stealing, and child abduction – occur each day in the United States.
When non-custodial parents resort to kidnapping, they believe they are acting in the best interests of their children. Although a minority of parental kidnappers may actually save their children by taking them out of the reach of the other parent, the motives of most parents who abduct their children are not for altruistic reasons.
Although the majority of parents who kidnap their children attempt to justify their behavior as the only way to ensure the best interests of the child, the child’s best interests are usually not considered.
Unlike other services, CodeAmber.com will post alerts for parentally kidnapped children and do its best to distribute the descriptions of the parties involved across the continental US and the provinces of Canada without the narrow requirements required to publish an Amber Alert.
http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/resources/resources_545.html
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