United States v. Alahmad

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WEINSHIENK, Senior District Judge.

This matter came before the Court on June 30, 1998, on defendant’s motion to dismiss which raised the issue of whether a maternal grandmother can possess “parental rights” as that term is used in the International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act (IPK-CA), 18 U.S.C. § 1204. At that time, the Court denied defendant’s motion. A person commits the crime of International Parental Kidnapping when he or she removes a child who has been in the United States outside the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental…