Amber Alerts for Children “Abducted” by their Fathers

This morning I was awakened by an amber alert and noticed that like many I’ve received before, the child in question that was reported missing is alleged to have been “kidnapped” by the biological father. If a parent doesn’t have custodial rights for whatever reason, is this how they become a perpetrator (in the eyes of the law)?

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Yeah, iirc the vast majority of child abductions are by family members, which is... kind of reassuring, relative to the alternative. There are definitely cases where the dad is such a danger that a whole-ass amber alert is warranted; I just hope they use discretion in less serious cases where the parent doing the abducting obviously just wants to spend time with his kid.