A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for certain activities relating to the taking of children by parents from legal custodians.

Summary

Establishes a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and/or one year imprisonment for any parent who is not entitled to custody of a minor child and who: (1) transports in interstate or foreign commerce such child without the permission of the parent with legal custody or willfully retains such child after a period of legal custody; or (2) induces such child to leave the other parent by means of a facility of communication in interstate commerce or by means of the mail. Increases the penalty to a $2,000 fine and/or two years imprisonment for a second or subsequent conviction.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 January 1979

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