The Committee for Missing Children, Inc. does not endorse one organization over the other. The resources listed here are for the benefit of our readers. If you use any of these resources please check them out to your satisfaction. Nothing in this section should be considered legal advice. The Committee for Missing Children, Inc. has not checked each site for accuracy and nothing in this site should be considered a endorsement of the web site, a person or law firm by the Committee for Missing Children Inc. Lawyers A listing of lawyers who have litigated under the Hague Convention and actually won. United Kingdom Lawyers International Lawyers American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law: "Established in 1978, the ABA Center on Children and the Law's mission is to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy." This is a great site for all organizations that deal with parental child abduction. American Bar Association Home Page (ABA): "Your most powerful source for legal information". This is a membership organization, but they offer a lot of information to non-members under the section called "General Public Resources" Some of the better and more useful sections are listed below. American Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service: "Lawyer Referral and Information services are operated as a public service by many state and local bar associations. Lawyers referral is designed to assist in finding the appropriate service-provider to help you solve your legal problem. There are two steps to this process. The first is to determine if you need to see a lawyer. The second steip is referring you to a lawyer who handles your type of case or to an appropriate community or governmental agency that might be of more help to you. Lawyer referral can also provide you with information on procedures in the courts and legal system in your community". American Bar Association Legal Services Public Page American Bar Association Directory of Pro Bono Programs: "The ABA's Center for Pro bono helps bar associations, legal services programs and others develop, expand and improve programs to provide pro bono legal services to the poor. It is the ABA Center that produces the Directory of Pro Bono Programs" From this site you can go directly to a state by state listing of pro bono legal services. American Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service: site is made available by the American Bar Association (ABA). American Bar Association Legal Pro Bono Opportunities on Behalf of Children Note: There are many good articles and information to be downloaded from both the ABA Center on Children and the Law and the ABA. The ABA does request that you honor their copyrights and offers a very easy system for receiving permission to use or reprint their materials. Instructions on the ABA copyright policy Bill Hilton's Web Site Dealing with the Hague Convention: Bill Hilton is an attorney from California who specializes in cases dealing with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Abduction. This is by far the largest and best site we have found that deals with the Hague Treaty. There are papers, case law, reports and much more. This is a great site for Attorneys. Divorce Interactive This is a comprehensive site that deals with divorce laws by state. There is a good listing of publications available. Child Abduction: Parental Kidnapping & The Hague Convention Divorcenet: This site lists lawyers by State and Internationally. It gives a link to each lawyer listed. There is also access to articles written on the subject of divorce and custody. There is a lot of good reading within each state section. While this site deals mainly with divorce, the subject of custody is very important and you should know how custody is handled in each state. This site will answer your questions about divorce and custody. Federal Courts Finder: From the Emory Law School Library. This site lets you find the Supreme Court and Circuit Court in the U.S. plus the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Good map of the Circuit Courts and the states they cover. Guide to other law sources on the web: I want to thank the law firm of Crouch and Crouch for permission to use this list on our web. There is so much at this site you will just have to find time to work through it. You can get local, State and Federal law. You can get original copies of the PKPA, ICARA, UCCJA and the new UCCJEA, and a lot more. Legal Pro Bono Opportunities on Behalf of Children: site is made available by the American Bar Association (ABA). Parental Child Abduction is Child Abuse: by Nancy Faulkner, Ph.D., 1999. "Because of the harmful effects on children, parental kidnapping has been characterized as a form of child abuse", reports Patricia Hoff, Legal Director for the Parental Abduction Training and Dissemination Project, ABA Center on Children and the Law". U.S. Legal Mutual Assistance Treaties Under Title 18§318 Washburn University School of Law: This site allows you to access State Laws and Statutes. You can also access The U.S. Circuit Courts to download case information. You can also access: Other Law Search Indexes/Catalogs/Engines.