Can a parent be charged with child abduction even where there is no court order in place?
Yes. However, the Attorney General must agree to lay a criminal charge. Usually, the Attorney General would agree only if: – the parents and child were living together and suddenly one parent takes the child away from Manitoba without the consent of the other parent, with the intention of depriving the other parent of his or her rights; or – separated parents have agreed in the past that a child is to live with one of them, and the other parent later decides to take the child away without a court order, again, with the intention of depriving the other parent of his or her rights.
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