My name is Janice. I have a five-year-old daughter named Cindy. About a year ago, I almost lost my little girl for good. Her Dad and I split up when Cindy was three. Since that time, He has seemed like the ideal Dad. He is always at her special events. He pays his child support like clockwork. He always picks her up on time and has her home exactly as we have set up. Everything was going great, or so I thought. Then, it all unraveled. One Friday evening He picked Cindy up as usual, but when Sunday came around they never came back. At first, I wasn’t alarmed I mean things happen. However, as the hours passed and I couldn’t get hold of Him on His cell phone I began to get very worried. I called the police and they immediately put out an Amber Alert, just to be cautious. Within five hours, they found them two states away. I was so happy to get Cindy back. When the police stopped them, they found that Cindy’s dad made it very plain he had not intention of bringing her back on his own. Now thanks to the parental kidnapping laws in our state, He isn’t able to be near Cindy for the next three years. After that, he can only have supervised visits for the next ten years. Any parent who has ever been through an experience like this can understand why these laws make me feel so much better. I now have my Cindy with me all the time. I know she is safe and sound. I know things are going to stay that way, at least where her Dad is concerned.
The Story Of Cindy And The Law
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