[Meghan McGinnis]

We’ve had similar requests in Kansas for a child that cannot be located and is to be in the state’s custody. We adhere to a judge alone cannot determine or order that a child is in imminent danger and cannot direct the release of an AMBER Alert. Often times these requests do not fit the criteria for us as an abduction since the child was lawfully with the parents/guardians until a judge ruled otherwise. The child was not taken through threat, force, or coercion. We have had a child that was in state custody and the father took the child (while making comments towards the child’s safety) during a supervised visit that became an alert, but we have not alerted for Social Services attempting to locate a child that they are actively trying to gain state custody of.

We follow the DOJ criteria:
There’s been an abduction (Kings English definition, not statutory <- where some get hung up on)
Child is 17 years or younger
Imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury – must be an imminent threat
Enough information to release to the public that would aid with the recovery of the child and/or apprehension of the suspect.

[Autor]

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