Child Custody and Visitation Resources: Resources to Help You Make Decisions

• 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., Section 1738A - Full Faith and Credit Given to Child Custody Determinations
• 42 U.S.C., Chapter 6 - The Children's Bureau
• 42 U.S.C., Chapter 7 - Social Security Act
• Interstate Child Visitation Act Draft
• 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.