Family Law

What to Do if Your Child is Missing

By Ben Stevens

Amy Wood recently published an article with the following tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children if you find your child is missing:

• Act immediately.
• Search your home and check with relatives, neighbors, and friends to try and locate your child.
• If you cannot find your child, immediately report your child missing to your local law-enforcement officers.
• Limit access to your home until law-enforcement officers arrive and are able to collect evidence.
• Give law-enforcement officers all the information they request about your child, and be sure to give them any information that could help in the search.
• Request that your child's name and identifying information be immediately entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Person File.
• Call us at 1-800-THE-LOST® (1-800-843-5678) to find out what resources are available to you.
• You can find more info on their website 

Source:  "What to do if your child is ever missing!" by Amy Wood, published at WSPA.com.

Full post as published by SC Family Law Blog on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).