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Child Custody and Abduction Issues

Slovakia and the United States are both Parties to Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (often called just “the Hague Abduction Convention”.)   This Convention addresses abduction or unlawful retention in one Party Country of a child who usually resided in another Party Country, regardless of the citizenship of either the child or the parents.

The primary point of contact for a parent whose child has been abducted from the United States to Slovakia is the U.S. Central Authority for the Convention (the Office of Children’s Issues in the U.S. Department of State).  This office can be contacted at:

Mailing Address for Hague Applications and Correspondence:
Department of State,
Office of Children's Issues, SA-29,
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20037
E-mail: AbductionUSCA@state.gov
Tel (for public dissemination): 202-501-4444 if calling from outside the United States; 888-407-4747 if calling from within the United States.

Hague Applications may be sent by courier to the above
address or by
fax: 202-736-9133.

The primary point of contact for a parent whose child has been abducted from Slovakia to theUnited States is the Slovak Central Authority (the Centre for the International Legal Protection of Children and Youth in the Ministry of Labour, Social Welfare and Family.)  This office can be contacted at:

Specific information on child abduction issues in Slovakia.

Addtional information and resources relating to international child abduction.