Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P39 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 368 CHILD LABOR LAWS may deny a subsequent request for permission to move if the move is viewed as an attempt to hinder the other parent s visitation. Parental Kidnapping Parental kidnapping occurs when one parent deprives the other of his or her legal right to custody or visitation by illegally taking the child out of the jurisdiction. It is outlawed by the federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act 28 . 1738A Supp. 1993 which applies the FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE of the . Constitution to child-custody cases meaning that each state must abide by custody decisions made by another state s courts if the other state would be bound by those decisions. The law was enacted to respond to cases in which one parent leaves the state that has jurisdiction. However in 1998 the . Supreme Court ruled in Thompson v. Thompson 484 . 174 108 S. Ct. 513 98 L. Ed. 2d 512 that the existence of two different state-custody decrees is not itself a reason for federal involvement under this law. The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act often works in concert with state laws such as state adoptions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act in order to facilitate the return of a child to the state that has proper jurisdiction. Many custody provisions in the federal law are similar to those in the corresponding state laws. Termination of Custody Most types of custody end when the child is emancipated . considered a legal adult by becoming self-supporting by marrying or by reaching the age of majority as specified by state law. At that point and not before then the family court loses its power to determine custody. FURTHER READINGS Bahr Stephen J. et al. 1994. Trends in Child Custody Awards Has the Removal of Maternal Preference Made a Difference Family Law Quarterly summer . Minnesota Joint Physical Child Custody Presumption Study Group. 2009. Minnesota Joint Physical Child Custody Presumption Study Group. Text available online at http .
