1. The abduction of a child or the inducement of a minor child to leave the parent legally entitled to custody or not to return to the parent entitled to legal custody.
2. Any hindrance to a parent’s rightful access to a child. • The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 700 (1977) provides for an action in tort by the parent entitled to custody against one who, with knowledge that the parent does not consent, either takes the child or compels or induces the child to leave or not to return to the parent legally entitled to custody. — Also termed custody interference.
