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Abduction (in legal use) is the illegal removal of a child from its parents or guardians.
Child Abduction Act 1984
Maybe SuperDad can clarify German Law.
Criminal Code (StGB)
Section 235 Deprivation of Minors
(1) A prison sentence of up to five years or a fine is punishable by anyone who a person under the age of eighteen by force, by threatening a sensitive evil or by cunning or
a child without being a relative,
withdraws or withholds from parents, one of the parents, the guardian or the carer.
(2) Anyone who gives a child to parents, one parent, guardian or carer
withdraws to take it abroad, or
withheld abroad after it has been brought there or it has gone there.
(3) In the cases of Paragraph 1 No. 2 and Paragraph 2 No. 1, the attempt is punishable.
(4) A prison sentence of one year up to ten years is to be recognized if the offender
the act puts the victim at risk of death or serious damage to health or considerable damage to physical or mental development, or
commits the act against payment or with the intention of enriching himself or a third party.
(5) If the perpetrator causes the victim's death by the act, the penalty shall not be less than three years' imprisonment.
(6) In less serious cases under subsection 4, imprisonment of between six months and five years, and in less serious cases under subsection 5, imprisonment for between one and ten years.
(7) In the cases of paragraphs 1 to 3, the removal of minors will only be prosecuted upon request, unless the prosecuting authority considers ex officio intervention to be necessary due to the special public interest in prosecution.