Indian-American man fails to bring kid back to US, convicted of international parental kidnapping
India TV NewsHighlights A 38-year-old Indian-American has been convicted of international parental kidnapping. Indian-American charged in US: A 38-year-old Indian-American has been convicted of international parental kidnapping after he took his US-born child to India and later failed to bring the kid back to the mother in the United States. In May 2017, Patel took the child’s mother to New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division Family Court, in order to obtain sole custody of the child. The New Jersey Superior Court granted Patel sole legal custody of the child premised on the consent of the child’s mother to the arrangement, but specifically reserved for the mother the ability to file for joint legal custody if she so chose in the future. In October 2018, the New Jersey Superior Court entered an order directing Patel to return the child to the United States immediately.