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Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help to find two children taken from their grandmother's home Wednesday morning. Authorities say Joshua Hakken came into Patricia Hauser's home, on the 14000 block of Shady Shores Drive, tied her up and took her two grandchildren. Hakken fled the home in Hauser's 2009 silver Toyota Camry. Authorities are looking for the children, 2-year old Chase and 4-year old Cole Hakken, who could possibly be in a black 2006 GMC pickup with Florida tag BHNV-86 registered to Joshua Hakken. Deputies believe Sharyn Hakken may be with them as well. Chase Hakken is 3...

American in Brazil custody dispute reaches agreement to visit son he hasn't seen in 4 yearsBy MARCO SIBAJA | Associated Press Writer 8:59 PM EST, February 6, 2009 US citizen David Goldman, right, walks with a member of US Congress Christopher Smith as he arrives in Brasilia, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. Goldman has waged a four-year custody battle for his son, Sean, in Brazil. Goldman said he has not been allowed to see his 8-year-old son Sean since his former wife Bruna took the boy for a two-week vacation to her native Brazil in 2004 and never returned. Bruna remarried...

DIGEST Proposed law creates the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. Proposed law provides that a petition under the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act may be filed only in a court that has jurisdiction to make a custody determination with respect to the child at issue under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) or the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA). Proposed law requires cooperation and communication among courts in proceedings under the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. Proposed law provides factors to determine risk of abduction and measures to prevent abduction. Proposed law provides for pleadings and...