Child Custody and Visitation Resources
- The Professional Academy of Custody
Evaluators
- Children's Rights Council
- The National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children. This site includes information on the
national Child Protection Act, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and other resources.
- 28 U.S.C. §
1738A- Full Faith and Credit Given to Child Custody Determinations
- 42 U.S.C. § 620 -
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
- 42 U.S.C., Chapter
6 - The Children's Bureau
- 42 U.S.C., Chapter
7 - Social Security Act
- Interstate
Child Visitation Act Draft
- Parenting Time Visitation
Enforcement Software
- The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act of 1968 (UCCJA) was drafted to
eliminate legal incentives for forum-shopping and child-snatching by parents.
- Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980
- Missing Children's Act of 1982
- Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984 authorized the establishment of a national clearinghouse house (now The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children), to coordinate public and private efforts to locate, recover, or reunite missing children with their legal custodians and operate a national toll-free hotline through which individuals can report information on the location of missing children or request information on procedures for reuniting children with their legal custodians.
