This site collects information about international parental child abduction involving Poland and organises the material into the main legal and practical topics covered by the author.

Start with what parental child abduction means and what to do if your child has been taken to Poland. You can also read about the Hague Convention and child abduction law in Poland.

The information is provided by Kancelaria Adwokacka Elżbieta Bansleben, a Polish legal practice. It is general information and does not replace advice on the facts of an individual case.

The purpose of this Convention is:

(a) to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed or retained in any signatory state;

(b) to effectively enforce in the other signatory states the rights of custody and visitation existing in a state that is signatory to the Convention.

Article 1 of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980