ISKRA - Danger! Might Never See Kids Again

Submitted by Gaile (United States), Jan 17, 2008 at 16:46

You need to request that the custody master/judge issue an order prohibiting removal from your state of residence.

Unfortunately, judges sometimes issue orders stating that the children must travel overseas to see paternal grandparents, etc., and the children are taken overseas, never returned and their mothers never see them again. (Google "Margaret Keane" "Egypt").

You need an attorney who will emphasize over and over again that there is no treaty between U.S. and Syria with regard to child abduction. You will also need to make sure you have the children's U.S. passports. There is also the danger that your husband will obtain Syrian passports for the children and remove them any time. I feel for you.

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