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Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (1968) creates guidelines to avoid jurisdictional competition and
conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody, promote cooperation with the courts of other
states, and facilitate the enforcement of custody decrees of other states
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (1974) has been amended numerous times; however,
the overall purposes remain the same, including to provide technical assistance to public and private
nonprofit juvenile-justice and delinquency-prevention programs, establish training programs for persons who
work with delinquents or potential delinquents or whose work or activities relate to juvenile-delinquency
programs, establish a federal assistance program to deal with the problems of runaway and homeless youth,
and assist states and local communities to prevent youth from entering the justice system.
National Child Search Assistance Act
The National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 requires each federal, state, and local law-enforcement
agency to enter information about missing children younger than the age of 18 into the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's (FBI) National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.2 The Act also establishes state
reporting requirements.
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act 28 USC Sec. 1738A
The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (1980) assures that full faith and credit is given to child-custody
determinations. States may honor and enforce custody determinations made in other states as long as certain
requirements listed by the Act are satisfied.
Missing Children's Assistance Act
The Missing Children's Assistance Act (1984) directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention to establish and operate a national toll-free telephone line for missing children and a
national resource center and clearinghouse.
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Missing Children Act
The Missing Children Act (1982) authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information that
would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals and the location of missing persons,
including missing children.
Hague Convention On the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
The Hague Convention On the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) establishes
procedures to ensure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in a country other
than that of their habitual residence.
International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act
The International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993 makes it a federal crime to remove a child from
the United States or retain a child, who has been in the United States, outside the United States with the
intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights.
Texas Chapter of NCGCR
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Louisiana
National Committee of
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For Children's Rights (NCGCR)
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New Mexico
National Committee of
Grandparents
For Children's Rights (NCGCR)
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