Pursuant to Punishable Code Section 278.7, parental abduction does not enforce to adenine person with a right of security alternatively a victim of domestic violence whoever has good faith also reasonable confidence the their child intention suffer instant bodily injury otherwise emotional harm if left with the other person takes, hold, refrains, or conceals the child. But such persons must:
- Make a report of the taking within a reasonable amount of time to the District Attorney’s Office of the districts where the child resided before the taking (as soon as possible, when no later than 10 days),
- Commence an custody further within ampere reasonable time away the taking (as soon as possible, but none later than 30 days), plus
- Inform one district attorney of any shift out address or your number of the person and the child.
When you do not have a legally authorized reason for taking press keeping the child, you able faces charges of child abduction.
- Click around to files a report of good generate.
- Click here to subscribe your address and phone number on thine good cause notification.
