Prevent International Parental Child Abduction

Join PIPCA in supporting laws for the
Prevention of International Parental Child Abduction
in Texas and throughout the U.S.

Landmark Law Enacted in Texas
to Prevent International Parental Child Abduction

Nina Lauderdale, Cathy Brown, Larry Whyte, Senator Jane Nelson, Greg Allen, Teresa Lauderdale, Michael Rives
Austin, Texas, May 2003
78th Texas Legislature, House Bill 1899
enacted as Texas Family Code 153.501-153.503
Prevention of International Parental Child Abduction

Key Research Documents on International Parental Child Abduction

• A Family Resource Guilde on International Parental Kidnapping [PDF], U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), February 2002.
  
  
• Patricia Hoff, Parental Kidnapping: Prevention and Remedies [PDF], American Bar Association, December 2000.
  
  
• Family Abduction: Prevention and Response [PDF], National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), March 2002.
  
  
• Juvenile Justice Bulletin The Criminal Justice System's Response to Parental Abduction [PDF], U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), December 2001.
  
  
• Nancy Faulkner, Parental Child Abduction is Child Abuse, United Nations Convention on Child Rights, June 1999.
  
  

Other Resources on International Abduction

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC): International Abduction Prevention Tips
  
  
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Missing and Kidnapped Children
  
  
• U.S. Department of State: International Parental Child Abduction
  
  
• P.A.R.E.N.T. International: Prevention Resource List
  P.A.R.E.N.T. is an international organization dedicated to prevention and recovery through education and networking.
  
  
• U.S. Department of State: Marriage to Saudis
  A State Department circular describing the culture and laws of Saudi Arabia as it relates to child custody and freedom of travel by women and children.
  
  
• U.S. Citizens Held in Saudi Arabia, the website of Congressman Dan Burton's work on recovering American children abducted to Saudi Arabia.
  
  
• Investigation into Abductions of American Children to Saudi Arabia, the official record of Hearings before the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform held in 2002.
  
  
• Full transcripts on the House Committee on International Relations hearings for International Child Abduction
  
  
• Testimony by the U.S. Department of State at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 6/03[PDF].
  
  
• Statement to the U.N. by Rasheed Radwan, who was abducted to Saudi Arabia as a child, 6/03.
  
  

Other Organizations
Working on International Abduction Prevention & Recovery

• P.A.R.E.N.T. International
  P.A.R.E.N.T. is an international organization dedicated to prevention and recovery through education and networking.
  
  
• PatRoush.com
  The website of Pat Roush, who has spent two decades working on the recovery of her two daughters from Saudi Arabia, and on the need for the U.S. government to take effective action in such cases.
  
  
• FindSabrina.org
  A web site dedicated to the recovery of Sabrina Allen, who was abducted to Mexico. Sabrina's abduction might have been prevented by a law like HB1899.
  
  

PIPCA in the News

• Crossing the Line; Texas Program Assists Parents in International Abduction Battles
  
  
• Mom fights to keep daughter in country
  
  
• New laws for preventing international child abduction
  
  

Prevent International Parental Child Abduction (PIPCA)
P.O. Box 270362
Houston, TX 77277-0362
web: http://www.pipca.org
email: all@pipca.org

Prevent International Parental Child Abduction (PIPCA) was formed by Teresa Lauderdale, Cathy Brown, and Nina Lauderdale to help protect children from international parental child abduction, and to increase awareness of the tragedy of international abduction and of preventive measures that can be ordered by a Court when a child is at risk of abduction. PIPCA can assist in arranging training, expert testimony, and general advice on this issue.

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