National Center for Missing & Exploited Children will no longer handle abductions to U.S. under Hague Convention

An announcement dated  February 15, 2008 states:

"As of April 1, 2008, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) will no longer handle any aspect of incoming child abduction cases arising under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("Hague Convention"). As the U.S. Central Authority, the U.S. Department of State has decided to assume all responsibility for managing incoming Hague Convention cases. As of April 1, 2008, please direct all inquiries and requests for assistance that your office receives on incoming cases to the Office of Children's Issues at the U.S. Department of State at 202-736-9090."

The people at NCMEC's international division have been great to work with over the years. They have been handling these cases almost exactly as long as I have. I hope the institutional know-how they've built up carries over.

The rest of NCMEC's statement is in the continuation: