2. 20
or 30 children a year are abducted from Maryland
3. Multi
million dollars in cost to Maryland families
4. Psychological
trauma to children and family
5. Bogs
down the court
6. Legal
system hasn't been given the preparation to rule in the best
interest of the child.
7. The United Child Abduction Prevention Act has been signed by 12 states and the District of Columbia. California
and Florida have passed IPCA penalty laws, so there is precedence.
California's passed unanimously, but was penalizing instead of
preventive.
