Pennsylvania Parental Child Abduction Defense Lawyers
A suspect in a kidnapping case needs and deserves protection of his or her constitutional rights. Having handled these cases for years, we know that there are situations when a person commits a child kidnapping crime without knowing or intending to do so. For example:
- A parent violates a child custody order by not returning the child to the other parent on time or by taking the child out of state without permission.
- A family member (grandparent, aunt or uncle, for example) takes a child somewhere without the parents' permission, perhaps with good intentions or even to protect the child.
- A school bus driver, believing the bus to be empty, unwittingly takes a sleeping child somewhere unauthorized.
- A teacher or coach invites a student to his or her home, and subsequently the young person reports questionable behavior such as being prevented from leaving at will.
- While on a date, a young man acts in a way that a young woman perceives as threatening or as date rape and in his fear or confusion, he then prevents her from leaving.
- Someone steals a car at a gas station without realizing there is a child in a car seat in the back. The plan was to steal a car, not to kidnap a child.
These are but a few sample scenarios that may result in kidnapping charges. Whatever your circumstances, if you have been charged with kidnapping your own or someone else's child, you need immediate and effective criminal defense. Contact a Harrisburg kidnapping defense lawyer at the Pennsylvania law firm of Boyle, Autry & Murphy.
Our kidnapping defense attorneys are prepared to take on any case involving the kidnapping of an adult or a child, including out-of-state or foreign jurisdiction cases. Even when kidnapping was intentional, there may be extenuating facts that could be used as a defense to get charges dropped or to minimize a prison sentence.
Contact Pennsylvania Parental Child Abduction Defense Lawyers
For a zealous legal advocate in state or federal court or in a foreign jurisdiction, contact the Philadelphia child kidnapping defense law firm of Boyle, Autry & Murphy. Call 1-866-661-7930 to schedule a free consultation at our Camp Hill, York or Philadelphia law offices.
