Many times the father actually has legal rights to take the kids too, because there is no custody agreement in place yet. Cops basically just flip out if a male takes the kids without the blessing of the female.
What really sucks is that all the really serious cases of kidnapping are becoming less noticed because the system gets diluted with child custody disputes. It's like with the sex offender registry, and adding more and more cases to it, including misdemeanor "ass slapping" type cases or guys have slightly underage girlfriends.
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